עֵץ

ʻêts · H6086 · Hebrew · 330 occurrences

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Meanings

1. tree

   Any kind of tall, woody plant that grows from a single trunk and with several lateral branches that often bear leaves and fruit

   Examples

   Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.

   Genesis 1:12 The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good.

   Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

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2. A single piece of wood taken from a tree, cut and finished, and used for building and construction ((piece of) wood, lumber)

   Examples

   Genesis 6:14 “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

   Genesis 22:3 So Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and set out and went to the place of which God had told him.

   Genesis 22:6 And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together.

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3. pine tree, olive tree, olive wood

   An evergreen conifer, Pinus halepensis or Aleppo pine, growing to 20 meters and living up to 150 years, or alternatively the olive tree

   Examples

   1 Kings 6:23 And in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

   1 Kings 6:31 And for the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel, and five-sided doorposts.

   1 Kings 6:32 So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he overlaid the cherubim and the palm trees with gold.

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4. A wooden construction used to execute criminals by hanging (gallows, tower (for hanging))

   Examples

   Esther 2:23 Then when the plot was investigated and found to be so, they were both hanged on a wooden gallows; and it was written in the Book of the Chronicles in the king’s presence.

   Esther 5:14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a wooden gallows fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.

   Esther 6:4 So the king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him.

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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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