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Lexicon :: Strong's G1637 - elaion

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ἔλαιον
Transliteration
elaion (Key)
Pronunciation
el'-ah-yon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ἐλαία (G1636)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:470,221

Trench's Synonyms: xxxviii. ἔλαιον, μύρον (χρίω, ἀλείφω).

Strong’s Definitions

ἔλαιον élaion, el'-ah-yon; neuter of the same as G1636; olive oil:—oil.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G1637 in the following manner: oil (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G1637 in the following manner: oil (11x).
  1. olive oil

    1. for fuel for lamps

    2. for healing the sick

    3. for anointing the head and body at feasts

    4. mentioned among articles of commerce

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔλαιον élaion, el'-ah-yon; neuter of the same as G1636; olive oil:—oil.
STRONGS G1637:
ἔλαιον, -ου, τό, [from Homer down], Sept. chiefly for שֶׁמֶן, also for יִצְהָר; olive-oil: used for feeding lamps, Matthew 25:3f, 8; for healing the sick, Mark 6:13; Luke 10:34; James 5:14; for anointing the head and body at feasts (Athen. 15, c. 11) [cf. under the word μύρον], Luke 7:46; Hebrews 1:9 (on which passage see ἀγαλλίασις); mentioned among articles of commerce, Luke 16:6; Revelation 6:6; Revelation 18:13. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Oel; Furrer in Schenkel 4:354; Schnedermann, Die Biblical Symbolik des Oelbaumes u. d. Oeles, in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1874, p. 4ff; [B. D., under the word Oil, II. 4; and Meyer edition Weiss on Mark 6:13].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1637 matches the Greek ἔλαιον (elaion),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3 - “For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil G1637 with them,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:4 - but the prudent took oil G1637 in flasks along with their lamps.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8 - “The foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, G1637 for our lamps are going out.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13 - And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil G1637 many sick people and healing them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - “You did not anoint My head with oil, G1637 but she anointed My feet with perfume.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:34 - and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil G1637 and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - “And he said, ‘A hundred [fn]measures of oil.’ G1637 And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9 - “YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS;
THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU
WITH THE OIL G1637 OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, [fn]anointing him with oil G1637 in the name of the Lord;
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A [fn]quart of wheat for a [fn]denarius, and three [fn]quarts of barley for a [fn]denarius; and do not damage the oil G1637 and the wine.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - and cinnamon and [fn]spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive G1637 oil G1637 and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and [fn]slaves and [fn]human lives.
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