2001 Translation

LAION, laion

Sounds Like: EH-lah-yon

Translations: oil, an oil, olive oil

From the root: ΕΛΑΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to oil, particularly olive oil, which was a staple product in ancient times used for food, fuel for lamps, anointing, and medicinal purposes. It is often found in contexts alongside other agricultural products like grain and wine. The word ΛΑΙΟΝ is a misspelling or a phonetic variant of ΕΛΑΙΟΝ.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G1637 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Unknown: Yes

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 7:155

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 10:10
• Book Three — 5:25
• Book Five — 6:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΙΟΝ.

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.

• ΑΙΛΑΙΩ — of olive, of oil, of an olive tree, of olive trees
• ΕΛΑΙΟ — oil, olive oil, anointing oil
• ΕΛΑΙΟΝ — oil, olive oil, an oil
• ΕΛΑΙΟΥ — of oil, of olive oil, oil, an oil
• ΕΛΗ — oil, an oil
• ΛΑΙΟΥ — of oil, of olive oil
• ΤΟΥ̓ΛΑΙΟΝ — of oil, of the oil

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