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GreekG1638Noun

ἐλαιών

elaiōn

12Occurrences
G1638Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an olive-orchard, i.e. (specially) the Mount of Olives

from G1636 (ἐλαία);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
olive-grove, olive-garden (so in FlJ and in π.; Deiss., BS, 209 ff.; MM, Exp., iii; M, Pr., 49, 69, 235): (where EL, ll with, proposes the conjectural emendation *ἐλαιῶν *for -ῶνος).
LXX: for זַיִת

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N-M-L

Full Description

N:N-M-L

Occurrences

ἐλαιών appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
4
Matthew
3
Mark
3
Acts
1
John
1

Key Passages

Acts 1:12BSB

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

Luke 19:29BSB

As He approached Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,

Luke 21:37BSB

Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.

Matthew 21:1BSB

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

Matthew 26:30BSB

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.