Strong's Hebrew #2132 - זַיִת zayith (olive tree)

olive tree Olivet

Probably from an unused root (akin to Ziv); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry -- olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

see HEBREW Ziv

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/Strong’s Number: probably from an unused root [akin to H2099]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 548

זַ֫יִת noun masculine^{Psalm 52:10} olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , זֵיתָא; Ethiopic Arabic olive-tree, olive, 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 Genesis 8:11, construct זֵית Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32; suffix זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 28:40; plural זֵיתִים Deuteronomy 6:11, etc.; —

1 olive-tree Judges 9:8,9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hosea 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2 Samuel 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר ׳הַזּ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read ׳בַּמּ) ᵐ5^L Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zechariah 4:3,11; רַעֲנָן ׳ז Psalm 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jeremiah 11:16; ׳עֲלֶהזֿ Genesis 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Nehemiah 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Psalm 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zechariah 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 Exodus 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Judges 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Habakkuk 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 Deuteronomy 8:8 compare 2 Kings 18:32; ׳נֹקֶף ז striking or beating of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of ׳י), compare תַחְבֹּט ׳כִּ זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20; rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 ("" גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1 Samuel 8:14 ("" שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:40a Joshua 24:13; 2 Kings 5:26; 1 Chronicles 27:28; Nehemiah 5:11; Nehemiah 9:25.

2 of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deuteronomy 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Micah 6:15 ("" שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exodus 27:20; Exodus 30:24 (P) Leviticus 24:2 (H).

3 in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2 Samuel 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (ᵐ5 ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zechariah 14:4 ᵐ5, e.g. Mark 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1 Kings 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Nehemiah 8:15; ᵑ7 טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2 Kings 23:13 compare 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4 etc.; ᵑ7 Songs 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)

Strong's Hebrew: 2132. זַ֫יִת (zayith) — 38 Occurrences

Genesis 8:11
HEB: וְהִנֵּ֥ה עֲלֵה־ זַ֖יִת טָרָ֣ף בְּפִ֑יהָ
NAS: was a freshly picked olive leaf.
KJV: and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf
INT: and behold leaf olive was a freshly her beak

Exodus 23:11
HEB: תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְכַרְמְךָ֖ לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: with your vineyard [and] your olive grove.
KJV: with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
INT: do your vineyard your olive

Exodus 27:20
HEB: אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית
NAS: of beaten olives for the light,
KJV: oil olive beaten
INT: about oil olives clear of beaten

Exodus 30:24
HEB: הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וְשֶׁ֥מֶן זַ֖יִת הִֽין׃
NAS: of the sanctuary, and of olive oil
KJV: and of oil olive an hin:
INT: of the sanctuary oil olive A hin

Leviticus 24:2
HEB: אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית
NAS: from beaten olives for the light,
KJV: oil olive beaten
INT: about oil olives clear beaten

Deuteronomy 6:11
HEB: חָצַ֔בְתָּ כְּרָמִ֥ים וְזֵיתִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־
NAS: vineyards and olive trees which
KJV: not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst
INT: dig vineyards and olive which did not

Deuteronomy 8:8
HEB: וְרִמּ֑וֹן אֶֽרֶץ־ זֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶן וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: a land of olive oil
KJV: a land of oil olive, and honey;
INT: and pomegranates A land of olive oil and honey

Deuteronomy 24:20
HEB: כִּ֤י תַחְבֹּט֙ זֵֽיתְךָ֔ לֹ֥א תְפָאֵ֖ר
NAS: you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs
KJV: When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs
INT: When beat your olive over the boughs

Deuteronomy 28:40
HEB: זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖
NAS: You shall have olive trees throughout
KJV: Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts,
INT: olive shall have throughout

Deuteronomy 28:40
HEB: כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: olive trees throughout
KJV: [thyself] with the oil; for thine olive shall cast
INT: for will drop trees

Joshua 24:13
HEB: בָּהֶ֑ם כְּרָמִ֤ים וְזֵיתִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־
NAS: of vineyards and olive groves which
KJV: in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted
INT: have lived of vineyards and olive which not

Judges 9:8
HEB: מֶ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ לַזַּ֖יִת [מְלֹוכָה כ]
NAS: them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign
KJV: over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign
INT: A king said to the olive consult over

Judges 9:9
HEB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַזַּ֔יִת הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־
NAS: But the olive tree said
KJV: But the olive tree said
INT: said the olive leave my fatness

Judges 15:5
HEB: וְעַד־ כֶּ֥רֶם זָֽיִת׃
NAS: along with the vineyards [and] groves.
KJV: with the vineyards [and] olives.
INT: along the vineyards groves

1 Samuel 8:14
HEB: וְאֶת־ כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֛ם הַטּוֹבִ֖ים יִקָּ֑ח
NAS: and your vineyards and your olive groves and give
KJV: and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, [even] the best
INT: of your fields and your vineyards and your olive the best will take

2 Samuel 15:30
HEB: עֹלֶה֩ בְמַעֲלֵ֨ה הַזֵּיתִ֜ים עֹלֶ֣ה ׀ וּבוֹכֶ֗ה
NAS: up the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept
KJV: by the ascent of [mount] Olivet, and wept
INT: went the ascent Olives went and wept

2 Kings 5:26
HEB: וְלָקַ֣חַת בְּגָדִ֔ים וְזֵיתִ֤ים וּכְרָמִים֙ וְצֹ֣אן
NAS: clothes and olive groves and vineyards
KJV: garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards,
INT: receive clothes and olive and vineyards and sheep

2 Kings 18:32
HEB: וּכְרָמִ֗ים אֶ֣רֶץ זֵ֤ית יִצְהָר֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ
NAS: a land of olive trees and honey,
KJV: of oil olive and of honey,
INT: and vineyards A land of olive of oil and honey

1 Chronicles 27:28
HEB: וְעַל־ הַזֵּיתִ֤ים וְהַשִּׁקְמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: had charge of the olive and sycamore trees
KJV: And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees
INT: had charge of the olive and sycamore it

Nehemiah 5:11
HEB: שְׂדֹתֵיהֶ֛ם כַּרְמֵיהֶ֥ם זֵיתֵיהֶ֖ם וּבָתֵּיהֶ֑ם וּמְאַ֨ת
NAS: their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses,
KJV: their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses,
INT: their fields their vineyards their olive and their houses the hundredth

Nehemiah 8:15
HEB: וְהָבִ֙יאוּ֙ עֲלֵי־ זַ֙יִת֙ וַעֲלֵי־ עֵ֣ץ
NAS: and bring olive branches
KJV: and fetch olive branches,
INT: and bring branches olive branches trees

Nehemiah 9:25
HEB: חֲצוּבִ֜ים כְּרָמִ֧ים וְזֵיתִ֛ים וְעֵ֥ץ מַאֲכָ֖ל
NAS: vineyards, olive groves, Fruit
KJV: vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit
INT: Hewn vineyards olive trees Fruit

Job 15:33
HEB: בִּסְר֑וֹ וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: his flower like the olive tree.
KJV: his flower as the olive.
INT: grape and will cast the olive his flower

Psalm 52:8
HEB: וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ כְּזַ֣יִת רַ֭עֲנָן בְּבֵ֣ית
NAS: But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house
KJV: But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house
INT: I olive A green the house

Psalm 128:3
HEB: בָּ֭נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃
NAS: Your children like olive plants
KJV: thy children like olive plants
INT: your children plants olive Around your table

Isaiah 17:6
HEB: עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה
NAS: in it like the shaking of an olive tree, Two
KJV: in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two
INT: gleanings the shaking of an olive Two three

Isaiah 24:13
HEB: הָֽעַמִּ֑ים כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת כְּעוֹלֵלֹ֖ת אִם־
NAS: As the shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings
KJV: [there shall be] as the shaking of an olive tree, [and] as the gleaning grapes
INT: the peoples as the shaking of an olive as the gleanings when

Jeremiah 11:16
HEB: זַ֤יִת רַֽעֲנָן֙ יְפֵ֣ה
NAS: A green olive tree, beautiful
KJV: A green olive tree, fair,
INT: olive A green beautiful

Hosea 14:6
HEB: יֹֽנְקוֹתָ֔יו וִיהִ֥י כַזַּ֖יִת הוֹד֑וֹ וְרֵ֥יחַֽ
NAS: And his beauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance
KJV: and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell
INT: his shoots will be like the olive and his beauty and his fragrance

Amos 4:9
HEB: וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֛ם וּתְאֵנֵיכֶ֥ם וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖ם יֹאכַ֣ל הַגָּזָ֑ם
NAS: fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have not returned
KJV: and your fig trees and your olive trees increased,
INT: and vineyards fig and olive was devouring and the caterpillar

Micah 6:15
HEB: אַתָּ֤ה תִדְרֹֽךְ־ זַ֙יִת֙ וְלֹא־ תָס֣וּךְ
NAS: You will tread the olive but will not anoint
KJV: thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint
INT: You will tread the olive but will not anoint

Habakkuk 3:17
HEB: כִּחֵשׁ֙ מַעֲשֵׂה־ זַ֔יִת וּשְׁדֵמ֖וֹת לֹא־
NAS: [Though] the yield of the olive should fail
KJV: the labour of the olive shall fail,
INT: fail the yield of the olive and the fields no

Haggai 2:19
HEB: וְהָרִמּ֛וֹן וְעֵ֥ץ הַזַּ֖יִת לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֑א
NAS: the pomegranate and the olive tree,
KJV: and the pomegranate, and the olive tree,
INT: the pomegranate tree and the olive has not borne

Zechariah 4:3
HEB: וּשְׁנַ֥יִם זֵיתִ֖ים עָלֶ֑יהָ אֶחָד֙
NAS: also two olive trees by it, one
KJV: And two olive trees by it, one
INT: two olive and one

Zechariah 4:11
HEB: מַה־ שְּׁנֵ֤י הַזֵּיתִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶה עַל־
NAS: two olive trees on the right
KJV: unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right
INT: What two olive are these on

Zechariah 4:12
HEB: שְׁתֵּ֞י שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י הַזֵּיתִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּיַ֗ד
NAS: are the two olive branches
KJV: unto him, What [be these] two olive branches
INT: are the two branches olive which are beside

Zechariah 14:4
HEB: עַל־ הַ֨ר הַזֵּתִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־
NAS: on the Mount of Olives, which
KJV: upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before
INT: on the Mount of Olives which is in

Zechariah 14:4
HEB: וְנִבְקַע֩ הַ֨ר הַזֵּיתִ֤ים מֵֽחֶצְיוֹ֙ מִזְרָ֣חָה
NAS: and the Mount of Olives will be split
KJV: and the mount of Olives shall cleave
INT: will be split and the Mount of Olives middle east