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GreekG3586Noun (Neuter)

ξύλον

xulon

18Occurrences
G3586Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance

from another form of the base of G3582 (ξέστης);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.wood
2.a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as
(a)a cudgel, staff
(b)stocks, for confining the feet (
(with)a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (
3.In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (
LXX: chiefly for עֵץ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ξύλον appears 18 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
5
Acts
4
Luke
2
Matthew
2
Mark
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
Galatians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 3:12BSB

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

Acts 13:29BSB

When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

Galatians 3:13BSB

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Matthew 26:47BSB

While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Mark 14:48BSB

Jesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?

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