Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3586
ξύλον
xulon · “wood”
Used 20 times across 8 books
Definition
ξύλον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for עֵץ ;]
1. wood: 1Co.3:12, Rev.18:12.
2. a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as,
(a) a cudgel, staff: pl., Mat.26:47, 55, Mrk.14:43, 48, Luk.22:52;
(b) stocks, for confining the feet (Job.33:11, סַד) : Act.16:24;
(with) a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deu.21:22-23), in NT, of the Cross: Act.5:30 10:39 13:29, Gal.3:13, 1Pe.2:24.
3. In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (Gen.1:29, Isa.14:8, al.) : Luk.23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Rev.2:7 22:2, 14 22:19.†
[in LXX chiefly for עֵץ ;]
1. wood: 1Co.3:12, Rev.18:12.
2. a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as,
(a) a cudgel, staff: pl., Mat.26:47, 55, Mrk.14:43, 48, Luk.22:52;
(b) stocks, for confining the feet (Job.33:11, סַד) : Act.16:24;
(with) a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deu.21:22-23), in NT, of the Cross: Act.5:30 10:39 13:29, Gal.3:13, 1Pe.2:24.
3. In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (Gen.1:29, Isa.14:8, al.) : Luk.23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Rev.2:7 22:2, 14 22:19.†
Where it appears
Matthew2
Mark2
Luke2
Acts4
1 Corinthians1
Galatians1
1 Peter1
Revelation7
In the text
Matthew 26:47And 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.Matthew 26:55In 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.Mark 14:43And 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.Mark 14:48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?Luke 22:52Then 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?Luke 23:31For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.Acts 10:39And 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:Acts 13:29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.Acts 16:24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
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