ἔλαιον elaion

Greek word for “olive oil” · Strong’s G1637 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

ἔλαιον, -ου, τό; olive-oil:, 18:13; for lamps; for healing; for anointing at feasts, " (LXX).†; SYN.: μύρον, ointment, see Tr., Syn., 135

How it is translated

Glosses given for elaion in context, with how often each is used:

• oil 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (3), Mark 6 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 10 (1), Luke 16 (1), Hebrews 1 (1), James 5 (1), Revelation 6 (1), Revelation 18 (1)

Forms

• ἔλαιον 6
• ἐλαίῳ 3
• ἐλαίου 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with elaion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀλείφω aleiphō “to anoint” 3
• λαμπάς lampas “window” 3
• οἶνος oinos “wine” 3
• κτῆνος ktēnos “animal” 2
• μωρός mōros “foolish” 2
• μύρον muron “ointment” 2
• φρόνιμος phronimos “thoughtful” 2
• σῖτος sitos “grain” 2
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

The verses using elaion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 25:3 — They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
• Matthew 25:4 — But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
• Matthew 25:8 — And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
• Mark 6:13 — And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
• Luke 7:46 — My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
• Luke 10:34 — And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
• Luke 16:6 — And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
• Hebrews 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• James 5:14 — Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
• Revelation 6:6 — And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the…
• Revelation 18:13 — And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.