Greek noun (neuter) · G3586
ξύλον
xylonxoo'-lon
wood; a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as; In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: xýlon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3586is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3586
timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance
The King James renders it: staff, stocks, tree, wood.
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
xylon is rendered "wood; a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as; In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "wood".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:47While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Matthew 26:47ξύλων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: wood, and a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as, and In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| wood1Co.3:12, Rev.18:12. | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 3:12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, |
| a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as__(a) a cudgel, staff | Tagged as
| WhereDeuteronomy 21:22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed… |
| In late writers (see MM, xvii), a treeGen.1:29 | Tagged as
| WhereGenesis 1:29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth… |
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.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ξύλου8
- ξύλων5
- ξύλον4
- ξύλα1
- ξύλον.¶1
- ξύλῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular8N-GSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural5N-GPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular4N-ASN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Matthew
two uses
While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- ξύλωνxulonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: clubs
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- ξύλωνxulonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: clubs
Mark
two uses
While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.
- ξύλωνxulonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: clubs
Jesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?
- ξύλωνxulonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: clubs
Luke
two uses
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
- ξύλωνxulonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: clubs
For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
- ξύλῳxulonoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: tree
Acts
four uses
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: a tree
We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: a tree
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: tree
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- ξύλον.¶xulonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: stocks
1 Corinthians
one use
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
- ξύλαxulanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: wood
Galatians
one use
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: a tree
1 Peter
one use
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- ξύλονxulonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: tree
Revelation
seven uses
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: tree
cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- ξύλονxulonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: wood
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: wood
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- ξύλονxulonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: tree
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: tree
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
- ξύλονxulonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: tree
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
- ξύλουxulounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: tree
Where it leads
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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.