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Lexicon :: Strong's G1637 - elaion

Aa
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)
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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3 - For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:4 - But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8 - And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13 - And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:34 - And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9 - You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - And sweet-smelling plants, and perfumes, and wine, and oil, and well crushed grain, and cattle and sheep; and horses and carriages and servants; and souls of men.
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