H2132 זַיִת
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 38 KJV occurrences
זַיִת
zayith · zay'-yith
Definition
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
KJV Renderings
olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
Derivation / Etymology
probably from an unused root (akin to H2099 (זִו));
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 38)
- Genesis 8:11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
- Leviticus 24:2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
- Deuteronomy 28:40Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
- 1 Samuel 8:14And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
- Nehemiah 5:11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- Hosea 14:6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- Zechariah 4:3And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.