STRONGS H2132:
Abbreviations
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זַ֫יִת noun masculinePsalm 52:10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
atxyfz,
זֵיתָא; Ethiopic
ዘደት፡ Arabic
زَيْتُونً olive-tree, olive,
زَيْتً olive-oil; see Lag
M iii. 215 ff Hom
Aufsätze u. Abh., 1892, 94, 99 ff.; √dubious; Thes and most derive from assumed
זהה be bright, fresh, luxuriant (see below
זִוּ) +
ת afformative which is. then treated as radical, compare Sta
§ 187 a; but this not certain, compare Ol
§ 119 b, 142 a; according to Lag
Armen. Stud. § 1347 ז is Armen. loan-word, see also Lag
M l.c.; BN 219, Anm.); — absolute
ז׳ Genesis 8:11, construct
זֵית Deuteronomy 8:8;
2 Kings 18:32; suffix
זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20,
זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:11;
Deuteronomy 28:40; plural
זֵיתִים Deuteronomy 6:11, etc.; —
1. olive-tree Judges 9:8, 9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hosea 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2 Samuel 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר הַזּ׳ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read בַּמּ׳) Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zechariah 4:3, 11; רַעֲנָן ז׳ Psalm 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jeremiah 11:16; עֲלֶהזֿ׳ Genesis 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Nehemiah 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Psalm 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zechariah 4:12 olive-branches (in Zechariah's vision); זַיִת in representative or collective sense, = olive-trees, groups of growing olive-trees, as property, source of wealth, olive-yards Exodus 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Judges 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Habakkuk 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees (|| וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also תְּאֵנָה and יְבוּל גֶּפֶן Habakkuk 3:17a); specifically זֵית שֶׁמֶן, oil-yielding olive-trees Deuteronomy 8:8 compare 2 Kings 18:32; נֹקֶף ז׳ striking or beating of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of י׳), compare תַחְבֹּט כִּ׳ זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20; rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 (|| גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1 Samuel 8:14 (|| שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:40a Joshua 24:13; 2 Kings 5:26; 1 Chronicles 27:28; Nehemiah 5:11; Nehemiah 9:25.
2. of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deuteronomy 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Micah 6:15 (|| שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exodus 27:20; Exodus 30:24 (P) Leviticus 24:2 (H).
3. in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2 Samuel 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees ( ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) (τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zechariah 14:4 , e.g. Mark 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1 Kings 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Nehemiah 8:15; טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2 Kings 23:13 compare 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4 etc.; Songs 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
8:11; 8:11
Exodus
23:11; 23:11; 27:20; 30:24
Leviticus
24:2
Deuteronomy
6:11; 6:11; 8:8; 8:8; 24:20; 24:20; 28:40; 28:40; 28:40
Joshua
24:13
Judges
9:8; 9:9; 15:5
1 Samuel
8:14
2 Samuel
15:23; 15:30; 15:30
1 Kings
11:7
2 Kings
5:26; 18:32; 18:32; 23:13
1 Chronicles
27:28
Nehemiah
5:11; 8:15; 8:15; 9:25
Job
15:33
Psalms
128:3
Song of Songs
8:5
Isaiah
17:6; 24:13
Jeremiah
11:16
Hosea
14:7
Amos
4:9
Micah
6:15
Habakkuk
3:17; 3:17
Haggai
2:19
Zechariah
4:3; 4:11; 4:12; 14:4; 14:4; 14:4
Mark
13:3