ἘΛΑΙΟΝ, ἐλαιον
ELAION, elaion
Sounds Like: eh-LAH-ee-on
Translations: oil, an oil, olive oil, an olive oil
From the root: ἘΛΑΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to oil, most commonly olive oil, which was a staple in ancient Mediterranean cultures. It was used for food, fuel for lamps, anointing, and medicinal purposes. It can be used in sentences to refer to the substance itself, such as 'they brought the oil' or 'the oil was scarce'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1637 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:92
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 56:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 8:199, 9:234
- Book 6 — 4:54, 8:157, 8:165
- Book 7 — 14:355
- Book 8 — 5:141, 10:247
- Book 9 — 4:48, 6:106, 6:108
- Book 10 — 9:162
- Book 11 — 4:102
- Book 14 — 15:408
- Book 20 — 9:212
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 15:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 28:18, 35:14
- Exodus — 27:20, 30:24, 30:25, 30:31, 31:11, 35:14, 35:19, 35:28, 38:25, 39:16, 39:17, 40:7
- Leviticus — 2:1, 2:6, 2:15, 5:11, 8:2, 10:7, 14:17, 14:18, 21:12, 24:2
- Numbers — 4:16, 5:15
- Deuteronomy — 7:13, 11:14, 28:40, 28:51, 32:13
- 2 Samuel — 14:2
- 1 Kings — 17:12
- 2 Kings — 4:2, 4:6, 4:7, 9:6, 20:13
- 1 Chronicles — 12:40
- 2 Chronicles — 2:15, 11:11
- Ezra (Alpha) — 6:29
- Ezra (Beta) — 3:7, 6:9
- Psalms — 44:8, 54:22, 108:18, 108:24, 140:5
- Odes — 2:13
- Proverbs — 21:17
- Ecclesiastes — 7:2, 9:8, 10:1, 10:19
- Sirach — 39:26
- Isaiah — 1:6
- Jeremiah — 47:10, 47:12, 48:8
- Ezekiel — 16:13, 16:18, 16:19, 23:41, 27:17, 32:14, 45:25, 46:15
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:17
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 10:3
- Hosea — 2:5, 2:8, 2:22, 12:1
- Micah — 6:15
- Joel — 1:10, 2:19
- Haggai — 1:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΑΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΛΑΙΟΥ — of oil, of an oil
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