Strong's Lexicon
G3586 — ξύλον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3586 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ξύλον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from another form of the base of G3582 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 20 |
| Transliteration: | xulon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | xoo'-lon |
| Meaning: | 1. wood (as fuel or material) 2. (by extension) a tree 3. (by implication) a stick, staff or tree or other wooden article or substance |
| KJV Renderings: | staff, stocks, tree, wood |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξύλον, ξύλου, τό (from ξύω to scrape, plane), from Homer down; the Sept. for òÅõ;
1. wood: universally, 1Co 3:12; ξύλον θύϊνον, Rev 18:12; that which is made of wood, as a beam from which anyone is suspended, a gibbet, a cross (A. V. tree, which see in B. D. American edition), Act 5:30; Act 10:39; Act 13:29; Gal 3:13; 1Pe 2:24 (עֵץ, Gen 40:19; Deu 21:23; Jos 10:26; Est 5:14) — a use not found in the classics (cf. Liddell and Scott, under II. 4). A log or timber with holes in which the feet, bands, neck, of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs (Gr. καλόν, ξυλοπεδη, ποδοκάκη, ποδοστράβη, Latinnervus, by which the Latin renders the Hebrew ñÇã, a fetter, or shackle for the feet, Job (Job 13:27); ; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 458ff; (B. D., under the word )): Act 16:24 (Herodotus 6, 75; 9, 37; Aristophanes eq. 367, 394, 705); a cudgel, stick, staff: plural, Mat 26:47; Mat 26:55; Mar 14:43; Mar 14:48; Luk 22:52 (Herodotus 2, 63; 4, 180; Demosthenes, p. 645, 15; Polybius 6, 37, 3; Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4; Herodian, 7, 7, 4).
2. a tree: Luk 23:31 (Gen 1:29; Gen 2:9; Gen 3:1; Isa 14:8, etc.); ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, see ζωή, 2 b., p. 274{a}.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ξύλον (staff)
Matthew 26:47
- KJV: And while he yet spake lo Judas one of the twelve came and with him a great multitude with swords and staves from the chief priests and elders of the people
- GK: και έτι αυτού λαλούντος ιδού Ιούδας εις των δώδεκα ήλθε και μετ΄ αυτού όχλος πολύς μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων από των αρχιερέων και πρεσβυτέρων του λαού
Matthew 26:55
- KJV: In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me I sat daily with you teaching in the temple and ye laid no hold on me
- GK: εν εκείνη τη ώρα είπεν ο Ιησούς τοις όχλοις ως επί ληστήν εξήλθετε μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων συλλαβείν με καθ΄ ημέραν προς υμάς εκαθέζομην διδάσκων εν τω ιερώ και ουκ εκρατήσατέ με
Mark 14:43
- KJV: And immediately while he yet spake cometh Judas one of the twelve and with him a great multitude with swords and staves from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders
- GK: και ευθέως έτι αυτού λαλούντος παραγίνεται Ιούδας εις ων των δώδεκα και μετ΄ αυτού όχλος πολύς μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων παρά των αρχιερέων και των γραμματέων και των πρεσβυτέρων
Mark 14:48
- KJV: And Jesus answered and said unto them Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves to take me
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς ως επί ληστήν εξήλθετε μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων συλλαβείν με
Luke 22:52
- KJV: Then Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the temple and the elders which were come to him Be ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves
- GK: είπε δε ο Ιησούς προς τους παραγενομένους επ΄ αυτόν αρχιερείς και στρατηγούς του ιερού και πρεσβυτέρους ως επί ληστήν εξεληλύθατε μετά μαχαιρών και ξύλων
Luke 23:31
- KJV: For if they do these things in a green tree what shall be done in the dry
- GK: ότι ει εν τω υγρώ ξύλω ταύτα ποιούσιν εν τω ξηρώ τι γένηται
Acts 5:30
- KJV: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew hanged on a tree
- GK: ο θεός των πατέρων ημών ήγειρεν Ιησούν ον υμείς διεχειρίσασθε κρεμάσαντες επί ξύλου
Acts 10:39
- KJV: And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem whom they slew and hanged on a tree
- GK: και ημείς εσμεν μάρτυρες πάντων ων εποίησεν εν τε τη χώρα των Ιουδαίων και εν Ιερουσαλήμ ον ανείλον κρεμάσαντες επί ξύλου
Acts 13:29
- KJV: And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him they took down from the tree and laid in a sepulchre
- GK: ως δε ετέλεσαν παντα τα περί αυτού γεγραμμένα καθελόντες από του ξύλου έθηκαν εις μνημείον