Greek noun (neuter) · G1637
ἔλαιον
elaionel'-ah-yon
olive oil
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: élaion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1637is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1637
olive oil
The King James renders it: oil.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
elaion is rendered "olive oil". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 25:3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
Matthew 25:3ἔλαιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- oil6
- with oil4
- of oil1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐλαία | elaia | olive tree | Uses4 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔλαιον6
- ἐλαίῳ3
- ἐλαίου2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular6N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular3N-DSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
Matthew
three uses
The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.
- ἔλαιονelaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: oil
But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
- ἔλαιονelaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: oil
The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
- ἐλαίουelaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: oil
Mark
one use
They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
- ἐλαίῳelaionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with oil
Luke
three uses
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- ἐλαίῳelaionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: With oil
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
- ἔλαιονelaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: oil
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager. ‘Sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
- ἐλαίουelaiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of oil
Hebrews
one use
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
- ἔλαιονelaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: with oil
James
one use
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- ἐλαίῳelaionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with oil
Revelation
two uses
And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
- ἔλαιονelaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: oil
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
- ἔλαιονelaionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: oil
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.