Quick Definition
olive oil
Strong's Definition
olive oil
Derivation: neuter of the same as G1636 (ἐλαία);
KJV Usage: oil
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔλαιον, ἐλαίου, τό (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for ωΖΡξΖο, also for ιΔφΐδΘψ; olive-oil: used for feeding lamps, Matthew 25:3 f, 8 ; for healing the sick, Mar_6:13; Luk_10:34; Jas_5:14; for anointing the head and body at feasts (Athen. 15, c. 11) (cf. under the word μύρον), Luk_7:46; Heb_1:9 (on which passage see ἀγαλλίασις); mentioned among articles of commerce, Luk_16:6; Rev_6:6; Rev_18:13. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Oel; Furrer in Schenkel 4:354; Schnedermann, Die Biblical Symbolik des Oelbaumes u. d. Oeles, in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1874, p. 4ff; (B. D., under the word , II. 4; and Meyer edition Weiss on Mar_6:13).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔλαιον elaion 11x
olive oil, oil, Mat_25:3-4 ; Mat_25:8 ; Mar_6:13 oil; olive oil.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔλαιον , -ου , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8081 ;]
olive-oil: Luk_16:6 , Rev_6:6 ; Rev_18:13 ; for lamps, Mat_25:3-4 ; Mat_25:8 ; for healing, Mar_6:13 , Luk_10:34 , Joh_5:14 ; for anointing at feasts, Luk_7:46 , Heb_1:9 ( LXX ).†
SYN.: μύρον G3464 , ointment , v. Tr., Syn. , 135.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔλαιον [page 201]
For ἔ . = olive-oil, it is sufficient to cite P Par 43 .4 (B.C. 154) καλῶς ποιήσεις ἀποστεῖλαί μοι ἡμίχουν ἐλαίου , P Oxy I. 91 .14 (receipt of wages for nursing A.D. 187) ὑπὲρ τροφείων καὶ ἐλαίου καὶ ἱματισμοῦ , P Grenf II. 77 .36 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections , p. 122) where arrangements are made that a man conveying a dead body should be entertained ἐν ψωμίοις καὶ [οἰ ]ν̣αρίῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ , and the Christian letter P Heid 6 .21 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 127) καταξίωσον δέξεσθαι τὸ μικρὸν ἐλέου διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν Μαγαρίου . The word is used = olive-tree in P Petr I. 29 .7 (iii/B.C.) τὸ δὲ ἔλαιον δέδωκεν χοῦς ς̄ . For ἐλαιοκάπηλος , see PSI IV. 372 .5 (B.C. 250 49), and for ἐλαιουργεῖον , ib. 438 .6 (iii/B.C.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔλαιον ἔλαιον, ου, τό, [Etym: ἐλαία] "olive-oil", Lat. oleum, olivum, Hom.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔλαιον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן ;]
olive-oil: Luk.16:6, Rev.6:6 18:13; for lamps, Mat.25:3-4, 8; for healing, Mrk.6:13, Luk.10:34, Jhn.5:14; for anointing at feasts, Luk.7:46, Heb.1:9" (LXX) .†
SYN.: μύρον, ointment, see Tr., Syn., 135 (AS)