Quick Definition
ἐλαία, ας, ἡ n.f. an olive tree
Strong's Definition
feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive (the tree or the fruit)
KJV Usage: olive (berry, tree)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἔλαιον · ἐλαιών · καλλιέλαιος
3.9 · Plants · Trees
olive tree tree reaching up to 10 m. high, but usually pruned to around 5 m.; leaves are grayish green above, and whitish underneath; fruit of the olive is about 2 cm. long and a bit more than a cm thick with a hard stone inside and a soft skin that covers the oily flesh; fruit is used for food and oil for cooking, for lamps, for rubbing on the body, for medicine, and in religion (anointing) As in the case of other terms for trees which may not be identified by specific receptor-language terms, one can employ a generic expression followed by a borrowed term, for example, ‘a tree producing fruit called olives.’ In the context of MAT 21:1 and similar passages it is important that ‘Mount of Olives’ not be rendered in such a way as to suggest that it was a mountain consisting of olives or even a mountain consisting of olive trees. A more appropriate expression in some languages is ‘a mountain known for its olive trees’ or ‘a mountain on which many olive trees grow.’ In a number of languages, however, it is important to employ a term such as ‘hill’ rather than ‘mountain,’ since the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem would be regarded in most receptor languages as a ‘hill’ not a ‘mountain.’
MAT 21:1 · MAT 24:3 · MAT 26:30 · MRK 11:1 · MRK 13:3 · MRK 14:26 · LUK 19:29 · LUK 19:37 · LUK 21:37 · LUK 22:39 · JHN 8:1 · ROM 11:17 · ROM 11:24 · REV 11:4
93.616 · Names of Persons and Places · Places
Collocation: Ἐλαῖαι · Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν
Mount of Olives a ridge to the east of Jerusalem, with the Kidron Valley in between
MAT 21:1 · MAT 24:3 · MAT 26:30 · MRK 11:1 · MRK 13:3 · MRK 14:26 · LUK 19:29 · LUK 19:37 · LUK 21:37 · LUK 22:39 · JHN 8:1
3.39 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
olive fruit of the olive tree; about 2 cm. long and a bit more than a cm thick with a hard stone inside and a soft skin that covers the oily flesh; used for food and oil for cooking, for lamps, for rubbing on the body, for medicine, and in religion (anointing) Since in some languages a term for ‘olive oil’ (ἔλαιον, 6.202) is better known than the fruit itself, one may employ a descriptive phrase such as ‘the fruit of olive oil’ or ‘the fruit that produces olive oil.’ In certain instances olives are actually known as ‘the cooking-oil fruit.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐλαία, -as, ἡ. [fr Hom. down], Sept. for ΠῚ; 1. an olive tree: Ro. xi. 17, 24; plur. Rev. xi. 4. τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν (for OI 7, Zech. xiv. 4), the Mount of Olives, so called from the multitude of olive-trees which grew upon it, distant from Jerusalem (Joseph. antt. 20, 8, 6) five stadia eastward (cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Oelberg; Arnold in Herzog x. p. 549 sqq.; Furrer in Schenkel iv. 354 sq.; [Grove and Porter in BB.DD.]}): Mt. xxi. 1; xxiv: 3; xxvi. 30; Mk. xi. 1; xiii. 3; xiv. 26; Lk. xix. 37; xxii. 39; Jn. viii. 1 Rec.; (on Lk. xix. 29; xxi. 37, see ἐλαιών). 2. an olive, the fruit of the olive-tree: das. iii. 12.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐλαία elaia 15x
an olive tree, Mt. 21:1; 24:3; an olive, fruit of the olive tree, Jas. 3:12, ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν, the Mount of Olives, Mt. 21:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐλαία
(Attic, ἐλάα), -ας, ἡ [in LXX for זַיִת ;]
an olive tree: Ro 11:17, 24, Re 11:4; τ. ὄρος τῶν ἐ. (הַר הַוֵּתִים, Za 14:4), the Mount of Olives: Mt 21:1 24:3 26:30, Mk 11:1 13:3 14:26, Lk 19:37 22:39; τὸ καλούμενον ἐ. (T, ἐλαιών, q.v.), Lk 19:29 21:37.
an olive (Aristoph.): Ja 3:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐλαία. In the magical spell for casting out demons, P Par 574123᾽ (ili/A.D.) (= SelectZons, p. 113), the instruction is given— βάλε ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ κλῶνας ἐλαίας, “place before him (i.e. the possessed one) branches of the olive-tree.” See also CP Herm I. 2815 ἐλαῖα[ι] ἐσκορπισμέναι ζωφυτοῶσαι f. The word refers to the fruit, as in Jas 315, in P Hib 1. 498 (c. B.C. 257) ὅπως ἂν ἐμβάληται τὰς ἐλαίας els Bikous, P Fay 13018 (iii/A.D.) κεράμιν ἐλεῶν (1. ἐλαιῶν), P Oxy XII. 14947® (early iv/A.D.) ἀγοράσω ἐλέας κνίδια waded, “1 will buy some old jars of olives ’’ (Edd.), where the sense is collective as in the next exx. For contracted forms from a nom. ἐλάα, see P Ryl 11. 977 (A.D. 139) τὸν δὲ κατασπασμὸν τῆς ἐλᾶς ποησόμεθα, ““ we will perform the gathering of the olives,” 7. 13011 (A.D. 31) ἐτρύγησαν ἐκ τῶν καρπῶν οὐκ ὀλίγην ἐλᾶν, “they gathered of the fruits a quantity of olives,” and 76. 2314 (A.D. 40) τὴν ἐλᾶν. In PSI IV. 4388 (ili/B.c.) vuvel δ᾽ ἐλαία γέγονεν τῆι KS, ἐλαία seems= “‘gathering of olives.’ The adj. ἐλάϊνος is found e.g. in P Ryl 11. 138" (a.p. 34) φυτὰ ἐλάϊνα διακώσια, and ἐλαϊκός e.g. in P Fay 9118 (A.p. 99) ἐϊλᾳϊκοὺς καρπούς. MGr ἐλιά.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐλαία (elaia) — olive tree. ἐλαία, Attic dialect ἐλάα, ἡ, olive-tree, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱερὴ ἐ[Refs 5th c.BC+] to run beyond the olives, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to go too far, [Refs 5th c.BC+], ubi see Scholia; of the Indian Olea cuspidata, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. variety of δάφνη [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. olive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Acc. to Grammars ἐλάα was the proper form in this sense, ἐλαία in the first; but ἐλάα is simply the Attic dialect form,[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. naevus on the skin, Melamp.[Refs]
IV. ={δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ μέρος}, [Refs 5th c.AD+], the penultimate is long, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐλᾰῶν in [Refs 1st c.AD+]