Strong's Lexicon: H2132 זַיִת

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2132
Word:	זַיִת
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably from an unused root (akin to H2099)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	38
Transliteration:	zayith
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	zay'-yith
Meaning:	1. an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
KJV Renderings:	olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

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זַ֫יִת noun masculine^{Ps 52:10} olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1469], זֵיתָא; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1470] Arabic [untranscribed source text 1471] olive-tree, olive, [untranscribed source text 1472] olive-oil; see Lag^{M iii. 215 ff} Hom^{Aufsätze u. Abh., 1892, 94, 99 ff.}; √dubious; Thes and most derive from assumed זהה be bright, fresh, luxuriant (see below זִוּ) + ת afformative which is. then treated as radical, compare Sta^{§ 187 a} ; but this not certain, compare Ol^{§ 119 b, 142 a}; according to Lag^{Armen. Stud. § 1347 {abbrev}}ז is Armen. loan-word, see also Lag^{M 1.c.; BN 219, Anm.}); — absolute ׳ ז Gen 8:11, construct זֵית Deut 8:8; 2Kgs 18:32 suffix זֵיתְךָ Deut 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exod 23:11; Deut 28:40 plural זֵיתִים Deut 6:11, etc.; —

1. olive-tree Judg 9:8; Judg 9:9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hos 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2Sam 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר ׳ הַזּ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read ׳ בַּמּ) ᵐ5 ^L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zech 4:3; Zech 4:11 רַעֲנָן ׳ ז Ps 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jer 11:16 ׳ עֲלֶהזֿ Gen 8:11( J ) olive-branch, sprig, compare Neh 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Ps 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zech 4:12 olive-branches (in Zechariah's vision); זַיִת in representative or collective sense, = olive-trees, groups of growing olive-trees, as property, source of wealth, olive-yards Exod 23:11 ( J E ; + כֶּרֶם), Judg 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Hag 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Hab 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees (|| וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also תְּאֵנָה and יְבוּל גֶּפֶן v^a); specifically זֵית שֶׁמֶן, oil-yielding olive-trees Deut 8:8 compare 2Kgs 18:32 ׳ נֹקֶף ז striking or beating of olive-trees Isa 17:6; Isa 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ׳ י), compare תַחְבֹּט ׳ כִּ זֵיתְךָ Deut 24:20 rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 (|| גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1Sam 8:14 (|| שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deut 6:11; Deut 28:40a Josh 24:13; 2Kgs 5:26; 1Chr 27:28 ; Neh 5:11 ; Neh 9:25 .

2. of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deut 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Mic 6:15 (|| שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exod 27:20; Exod 30:24 ( P ) Lev 24:2 ( H ).

3. in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2Sam 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees ( ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zech 14:4 (twice in verse) ( ᵐ5 τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zech 14:4 ᵐ5 , e.g. Mark 13:3 compare also הָהָר 1Kgs 11:7; Neh 8:15 ᵑ7 טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2Kgs 23:13 compare 2Sam 15:30 ; Zech 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Song 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זית (zah’-yith)

Exodus 23:1

KJV: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.raise: or, receive

EHCC: i.thy vineyard, (and) with thy oliveyard.

Leviticus 24:2

KJV: Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.to cause: Heb. to cause to ascend

EHCC: bring unto thee pure oil olive

Judges 9:8

KJV: The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

EHCC: they said unio the olive tree,

Amos 4:9

KJV: I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.when…: or, the multitude of your gardens, etc. did the palmerworm

EHCC: your fig trees and your olive trees

Micah 6:15

KJV: Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

EHCC: thou shalt tread the olives,

Habakkuk 3:17

KJV: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:fail: Heb. lie

EHCC: the labour of the olive shall fail,

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