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Lexicon :: Strong's G3586 - xylon

Aa
ξύλον
Transliteration
xylon (Key)
Pronunciation
xoo'-lon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From another form of the base of ξέστης (G3582)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:37,665

Strong’s Definitions

ξύλον xýlon, xoo'-lon; from another form of the base of G3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:—staff, stocks, tree, wood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G3586 in the following manner: tree (10x), staff (5x), wood (3x), stocks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G3586 in the following manner: tree (10x), staff (5x), wood (3x), stocks (1x).

  1. wood

    1. that which is made of wood

      1. as a beam from which any one is suspended, a gibbet, a cross

      2. a log or timber with holes in which the feet, hands, neck of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs

      3. a fetter, or shackle for the feet

      4. a cudgel, stick, staff

  2. a tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξύλον xýlon, xoo'-lon; from another form of the base of G3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:—staff, stocks, tree, wood.
STRONGS G3586:
ξύλον, ξύλου, τό (from ξύω to scrape, plane), from Homer down; the Sept. for עֵץ;
1. wood: universally, 1 Corinthians 3:12; ξύλον θύϊνον, Revelation 18:12; that which is made of wood, as a beam from which anyone is suspended, a gibbet, a cross (A. V. tree, which see in B. D. American edition), Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24 (עֵץ, Genesis 40:19; Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 10:26; Esther 5:14) — a use not found in the classics (cf. Liddell and Scott, under II. 4). A log or timber with holes in which the feet, bands, neck, of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs (Gr. καλόν, ξυλοπεδη, ποδοκάκη, ποδοστράβη, Latinnervus, by which the Latin renders the Hebrew סַד, a fetter, or shackle for the feet, Job (Job 13:27); Job 33:11; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 458ff; (B. D., under the word )): Acts 16:24 (Herodotus 6, 75; 9, 37; Aristophanes eq. 367, 394, 705); a cudgel, stick, staff: plural, Matthew 26:47, 55; Mark 14:43, 48; Luke 22:52 (Herodotus 2, 63; 4, 180; Demosthenes, p. 645, 15; Polybius 6, 37, 3; Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4; Herodian, 7, 7, 4).
2. a tree: Luke 23:31 (Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:1; Isaiah 14:8, etc.); ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, see ζωή, 2 b., p. 274{a}.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:29; 2:9; 3:1; 40:19
Deuteronomy
21:23
Joshua
10:26
Esther
5:14
Job
13:27; 33:11
Isaiah
14:8
Matthew
26:47; 26:55
Mark
14:43; 14:48
Luke
22:52; 23:31
Acts
5:30; 10:39; 13:29; 16:24
1 Corinthians
3:12
Galatians
3:13
1 Peter
2:24
Revelation
18:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3586 matches the Greek ξύλον (xylon),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47 - And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43 - And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:31 - For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:30 - The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 - And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24 - And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:13 - Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:24 - He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2 - In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:14 - A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19 - And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.
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