ξύλινος
xýlinos · G3585 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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of wood, wooden
(Derivative of ξύλον ‘wood,’) Pertaining to being made or consisting of wood
Examples2 Timothy 2:20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver implements, but also implements of wood and of earthenware, and some are for honor while others are for dishonor.
Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands so as not to worship demons and the idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- λίθινος líthinos · G3035 · stone, made out of stone
- λίθινος ('made of stone') stands as a material antonym to ξύλινος ('made of wood'), representing contrasting construction materials frequently distinguished in biblical contexts (e.g., vessels, idols).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Of wood, wooden3.62
- Describing the variety of vessels in a great house, 2 Timothy 2:20 states “there are not only gold and silver implements, but also implements of wood and of earthenware,” where “of wood” renders this adjective describing material made from timber.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ξυλίνη, ξύλινον (ξύλον), from Pindar and Herodotus down, wooden, made of wood: σκεύη, 2…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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