ἔλαιον elaion · G1637

olive oil

ἔλαιον, -ου, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן ; ] ; olive-oil: Luk.16:6, Rev.6:6 18:13; for lamps, Mat.25:3-4, 8; for healing, Mrk.6:13, Luk.10:34, Jhn.5:14; for anointing at feasts, Luk.7:46, Heb.1:9" (LXX) .†; SYN.: μύρον, ointment, see Tr., Syn., 135 (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἔλαιον, τό, ; (ἐλαία) olive-oil, in [] mostly anointing-oil, used after the bath, λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ []; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔ. εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον []; ἔ. θεῖναι to provide oil at the baths, [] (a); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι []; εὐῶδες ἔ. []; ῥοδόεν (rose-scented) []; ἔ. λευκον[]; II any oily substance, ἔ. χήνειον []; κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔ., etc., []; ἔ. ἀπὸ σελαχῶν, like our 'cod-liver oil', []; ἔ. ἀπὸ γάλακτος butter, []; III at Athens, …

Where it's used 11 times

Matthew 25:3 · Matthew 25:4 · Matthew 25:8 · Mark 6:13 · Luke 7:46 · Luke 10:34 · Luke 16:6 · Hebrews 1:9 · James 5:14 · Revelation 6:6 · Revelation 18:13

Source: TBESG G1637; TFLSJ G1637

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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