עֵץ ets

Hebrew word for “tree” · Strong’s H6086 · used 330 times in 288 verses

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Meaning

: wood; 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows;

Senses in the lexicon

• tree: wood (152)
• tree (143)
• tree: stick (18)
• tree: stake (13)
• tree: carpenter (4)

How it is translated

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

• woods 117
• tree 77
• trees 57
• wood 50
• gallows 9
• piece of wood 8
• among the trees 5
• like a tree 3
• like wood 1
• among woods 1
• like tree 1
• pieces of wood 1

Where it is used

Also in 18 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 3 (10), Judges 9 (9), Ezekiel 31 (8), 1 Kings 6 (7), Exodus 37 (6), Leviticus 14 (6), Exodus 25 (5), 2 Chronicles 2 (5), Genesis 22 (4), Leviticus 1 (4)

Forms

• עץ 109
• עצי 58
• העץ 31
• העצים 30
• עצים 28
• ועץ 16
• בעצי 8
• ועצי 6
• לעץ 6
• כעץ 5

Words used with it

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

• אֶבֶן even “stone” 40
• שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 25
• פְּרִי peri “fruit” 27
• אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 24
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 27
• מַי mayim “water” 28
• תָּלָה talah “to hang” 14
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 27
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 21
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 27
• רַעֲנָן raanan “luxuriant” 12
• יַעַר yaar “wood” 14

Key verses

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

• Genesis 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
• Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit…
• Deuteronomy 28:64 — And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou…
• Psalms 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he…
• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Isaiah 30:33 — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the…
• Isaiah 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for…
• Isaiah 45:20 — Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and…
• Isaiah 55:12 — For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the…
• Jeremiah 2:20 — For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou…
• Jeremiah 7:20 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the…
• Jeremiah 10:8 — But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

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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.