Quick Definition
oil
Strong's Definition
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Derivation: from H8080 (שָׁמַן);
KJV Usage: anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.
TWOT Reference: 2410c
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
BDB Definition:
1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaphorically)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8080
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2410c
Total KJV Occurrences: 181
