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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2132

זַיִת

zayithzay'-yith

(Mount of) Olives

38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2132is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 21 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 32
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2132

an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry

The King James renders it: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

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

zayith is rendered "(Mount of) Olives". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-one books.

  • Five of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:11And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.

The first use

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Genesis 8:11זַ֖יִת

The first use, in the order of the Old 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

  • olive6
  • and olive trees4
  • the olive trees4
  • an olive tree3
  • olive trees3
  • like the olive tree2
  • olive tree2
  • olive tree of2
  • the Olives2
  • and olive groves your1
  • and olive trees your1
  • like an olive tree1

and 7 more, 38 uses in all

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.

The words it stands beside

All 38, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

32 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

  • זַ֔יִת3
  • הַזֵּיתִ֤ים2
  • זַ֖יִת2
  • זַ֥יִת2
  • זַ֙יִת֙2
  • הַזַּ֔יִת1
  • הַזַּ֖יִת1
  • הַזֵּיתִ֜ים1
  • הַזֵּיתִים֙1
  • הַזֵּיתִ֗ים1
  • הַזֵּתִ֜ים1
  • וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם1

and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular11HNcmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6HTd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural4HC/Ncmpa
  • noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms

Genesis

one use
  • And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

    Genesis 8:11

    • זַ֖יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive

Exodus

three uses
  • but 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.

    Exodus 23:11

    • לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃lezeitekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to olive grove your
  • And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

    Exodus 27:20

    • זַ֥יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive
  • 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.

    Exodus 30:24

    • זַ֖יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive

Leviticus

one use
  • “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

    Leviticus 24:2

    • זַ֥יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive

Deuteronomy

five uses
  • with 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,

    Deuteronomy 6:11

    • וְזֵיתִ֖יםvezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and olive trees
  • a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

    Deuteronomy 8:8

    • זֵ֥יתzeitnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: olive tree of
  • When 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.

    Deuteronomy 24:20

    • זֵֽיתְךָ֔zeitekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: olive tree your
  • You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.

    Deuteronomy 28:40

    • זֵיתִ֛יםzeitimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: olive trees
    • זֵיתֶֽךָ׃zeitekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: olive your

Joshua

one use
  • So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

    Joshua 24:13

    • וְזֵיתִים֙vezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and olive trees

Judges

three uses
  • One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

    Judges 9:8

    • לַזַּ֖יִתlazayitpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the olive tree
  • But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

    Judges 9:9

    • הַזַּ֔יִתhazayitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the olive tree
  • Then 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.

    Judges 15:5

    • זָֽיִת׃zayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive tree

1 Samuel

one use
  • He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

    1 Samuel 8:14

    • וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛םvezeiteikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and olive groves your

2 Samuel

one use
  • But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

    2 Samuel 15:30

    • הַזֵּיתִ֜יםhazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the olive trees

2 Kings

two uses
  • But 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?

    2 Kings 5:26

    • וְזֵיתִ֤יםvezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and olive trees
  • 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.’

    2 Kings 18:32

    • זֵ֤יתzeitnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: olive tree of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.

    1 Chronicles 27:28

    • הַזֵּיתִ֤יםhazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the olive trees

Nehemiah

three uses
  • Please 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.”

    Nehemiah 5:11

    • זֵיתֵיהֶ֖םzeiteihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: olive trees their
  • So 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.”

    Nehemiah 8:15

    • זַ֙יִת֙zayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive
  • They 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.

    Nehemiah 9:25

    • וְזֵיתִ֛יםvezeitimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and olive trees

Job

one use
  • He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

    Job 15:33

    • כַּ֝זַּ֗יִתkazayitpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the olive tree

Psalms

two uses
  • But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

    Psalms 52:8

    • כְּזַ֣יִתkezayitpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like an olive tree
  • Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

    Psalms 128:3

    • זֵיתִ֑יםzeitimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: olive trees

Isaiah

two uses
  • Yet 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.

    Isaiah 17:6

    • זַ֔יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: an olive tree
  • So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

    Isaiah 24:13

    • זַ֔יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: an olive tree

Jeremiah

one use
  • The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

    Jeremiah 11:16

    • זַ֤יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: an olive tree

Hosea

one use
  • His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

    Hosea 14:6

    • כַזַּ֖יִתkhazayitpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the olive tree

Amos

one use
  • “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

    Amos 4:9

    • וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖םvezeiteikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and olive trees your

Micah

one use
  • You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

    Micah 6:15

    • זַ֙יִת֙zayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive

Habakkuk

one use
  • Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

    Habakkuk 3:17

    • זַ֔יִתzayitnoun · masculine singulartagged: olive tree

Haggai

one use
  • Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”

    Haggai 2:19

    • הַזַּ֖יִתhazayitthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the olive

Zechariah

five uses
  • There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”

    Zechariah 4:3

    • זֵיתִ֖יםzeitimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: olive trees
  • Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

    Zechariah 4:11

    • הַזֵּיתִים֙hazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the olive trees
  • And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

    Zechariah 4:12

    • הַזֵּיתִ֗יםhazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the olive trees
  • On 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.

    Zechariah 14:4

    • הַזֵּתִ֜יםhazetimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Olives
    • הַזֵּיתִ֤יםhazeitimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the Olives

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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