Word Study · Strong's H2132 · Hebrew
זַיִת
zayith
zay'-yith
“an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Rendered in the KJV as
olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 21 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 32inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 32
- זַ֔יִת3
- הַזֵּיתִ֤ים2
- זַ֖יִת2
- זַ֥יִת2
- זַ֙יִת֙2
- הַזַּ֔יִת1
- הַזַּ֖יִת1
- הַזֵּיתִ֜ים1
- הַזֵּיתִים֙1
- הַזֵּיתִ֗ים1
- הַזֵּתִ֜ים1
- וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם1
and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 21
- and olive trees4
- olive4
- the olive trees4
- an olive tree3
- olive trees3
- like the olive tree2
- olive tree of2
- olive[s]2
- the Olives2
- [am] like an olive tree1
- [the] olive tree1
- and olive groves your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- noun · masculine singular11
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural4
- noun · masculine plural3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 11
- HTd/Ncmpa · 6
- HC/Ncmpa · 4
- HNcmpa · 3
- HRd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp · 2
- HNcmsc · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy5 of 38 · 13%
- Zechariah5 of 38 · 13%
- Exodus3 of 38 · 8%
- Judges3 of 38 · 8%
- Nehemiah3 of 38 · 8%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 23:11לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃lezeitekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularbut in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.here: to olive grove your
- Exodus 27:20זַ֥יִתzayitnoun · masculine singularAnd you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.here: olive
- Exodus 30:24זַ֖יִתzayitnoun · masculine singular500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.here: olive
Leviticus1 occurrence
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 6:11וְזֵיתִ֖יםvezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralwith houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,here: and olive trees
- Deuteronomy 8:8זֵ֥יתzeitnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;here: olive tree of
- Deuteronomy 24:20זֵֽיתְךָ֔zeitekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.here: olive tree your
- Deuteronomy 28:40זֵיתִ֛יםzeitimnoun · masculine pluralYou will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.here: olive trees
- Deuteronomy 28:40זֵיתֶֽךָ׃zeitekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.here: olive[s] your
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 9:8לַזַּ֖יִתlazayitpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularOne day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’here: to the olive tree
- Judges 9:9הַזַּ֔יִתhazayitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’here: the olive tree
- Judges 15:5זָֽיִת׃zayitnoun · masculine singularThen he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.here: olive tree[s]
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:26וְזֵיתִ֤יםvezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralBut Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?here: and olive trees
- 2 Kings 18:32זֵ֤יתzeitnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’here: olive tree of
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:11זֵיתֵיהֶ֖םzeiteihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralPlease restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”here: olive trees their
- Nehemiah 8:15זַ֙יִת֙zayitnoun · masculine singularSo they proclaimed this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”here: olive
- Nehemiah 9:25וְזֵיתִ֛יםvezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThey captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.here: and olive trees
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 52:8כְּזַ֣יִתkezayitpreposition + noun · masculine singularBut I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.here: [am] like an olive tree
- Psalms 128:3זֵיתִ֑יםzeitimnoun · masculine pluralYour wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.here: olive trees
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 17:6זַ֔יִתzayitnoun · masculine singularYet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.here: an olive tree
- Isaiah 24:13זַ֔יִתzayitnoun · masculine singularSo will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.here: an olive tree
Zechariah5 occurrences
- Zechariah 4:3זֵיתִ֖יםzeitimnoun · masculine pluralThere are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”here: olive trees
- Zechariah 4:11הַזֵּיתִים֙hazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”here: the olive trees
- Zechariah 4:12הַזֵּיתִ֗יםhazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”here: the olive trees
- Zechariah 14:4הַזֵּתִ֜יםhazetimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralOn that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.here: the Olives
- Zechariah 14:4הַזֵּיתִ֤יםhazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralOn that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.here: the Olives