ΛΑΙΑΝ, λαιαν
LAIAN, laian
Sounds Like: eh-LAI-an
Translations: olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive, olive oil, an olive oil
From the root: ΕΛΑΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an olive tree or its fruit, the olive. It can also refer to olive oil, which was a staple product in ancient times, used for food, light, anointing, and medicine. In the provided examples, it appears in the accusative case, indicating it is the direct object of a verb.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1636 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:60
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΕ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ἘΛΑΙΑΝ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ἘΛΑΙΑΣ — of an olive tree, of an olive, of olive oil
- ἘΛΑΙΩ — olive tree, olive, olive oil
- ΕΛΑΕ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ΕΛΑΙΑ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive, olive berry, an olive berry
- ΕΛΑΙΑΙ — olive trees, olives
- ΕΛΑΙΑΝ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ΕΛΑΙΑΣ — of an olive tree, of an olive, of an olive grove, of olives
- ΕΛΑΙΗΣΕΙΣ — you will anoint, you will oil, you will smear with oil
- ΕΛΑΙΟΥΣ — of olive, olive, an olive
- ΕΛΑΙΩ — (to) olive tree, (to) olive, (to) olive oil, (to) oil
- ΕΛΑΙΩΝ — of olives, of olive trees, of olive oil
- ΕΛΑΤ — olive tree, olive, olive oil, an olive tree
- ΕΛΕΑΙ — olives, olive trees, an olive tree
- ΕΛΕΑΝ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ΕΛΕΙΑΔΑ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ΕΛΕΩΝ — of olives, of olive trees, of an olive grove, of the Mount of Olives
- ΕΛΙΑΝ — olive tree, olive, olive branch, an olive tree, an olive
- ΛΑΙΑ — olive tree, an olive tree, olive, an olive
- ΛΑΙΑΣ — (of) olive tree, (of) olive, (of) an olive tree, (of) an olive
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