GreekG1636Noun (Feminine)

ἐλαία

elaia

4Occurrences
G1636Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an olive (the tree or the fruit)

feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-ας, ἡ
1.an olive tree
2.an olive (Aristoph.)
LXX: for זַיִת

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἐλαία appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
2
James
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

James 3:12BSB

My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Revelation 11:4BSB

These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Romans 11:17BSB

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Romans 11:24BSB

For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

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