זַיִת
zayith · zay'-yith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from an unused root (akin to H2099 (זִו));
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To cut, to sustain of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַיִת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- olive7 · 19%
- and oliveyards3 · 8%
- olive tree2 · 5%
- of an olive tree2 · 5%
- olive trees2 · 5%
- of olives2 · 5%
- was an olive1 · 3%
- and with thy oliveyard1 · 3%
- and olive trees1 · 3%
- thine olive tree1 · 3%
- thou shalt have olive trees1 · 3%
- for thine olive1 · 3%
- unto the olive tree1 · 3%
- but the olive tree1 · 3%
- and olives1 · 3%
- and your oliveyards1 · 3%
- of mount olivet1 · 3%
- and over the olive trees1 · 3%
- their oliveyards1 · 3%
- as the olive1 · 3%
- like olive1 · 3%
- shall be as the olive tree1 · 3%
- and your olive trees1 · 3%
- the olives1 · 3%
- of the olive1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.