Word Study · Strong's G1636 · Greek
ἐλαία
elaia
el-ah'-yah
Strong's 1890 spelling: elaía
“an olive (the tree or the fruit)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an olive (the tree or the fruit)
Rendered in the KJV as
olive (berry, tree).
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἐλαίας2
- ἐλαίᾳ;¶1
- ἐλαῖαι1
How it is rendered · 4
- olive tree1
- olive tree?1
- olive trees1
- olives1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1
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- N-APF · 1
- N-DSF · 1
- N-GSF · 1
- N-NPF · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Romans2 occurrences
- Romans 11:17ἐλαίαςelaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNow if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,here: olive tree
- Romans 11:24ἐλαίᾳ;¶elaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFor if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!here: olive tree?