Quick Definition
(Mount of) Olives
Biblical Persons & Places
Olives_Mount
Mount of Olives
A location first mentioned at 2Sa.15.30;
referred to as Olives Mount or Olives (זַ֫יִת), or Olivet (KJV, NIV= Mount of Olives) or (Mount of )Olives (ἐλαιών).
Strong's Definition
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Derivation: probably from an unused root (akin to H2099 (זִו));
KJV Usage: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
TWOT Reference: 548
Outline of Biblical Usage
n m
1) olive, olive tree
1a) olive tree
1b) olives
n pr loc
2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
This name means olive, olive tree
Also named: elaiōn (ἐλαιών "Olivet" G1638)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
זַיִת
zayith
BDB Definition:
1) olive, olive tree (noun masculine)
1a) olive tree
1b) olives
2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from an unused root [akin to H2099]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 548
Total KJV Occurrences: 38