Quick Definition
Ἐλαιών, ῶνος, ὁ n.m. Olive-grove, Olive-yard, the mount Olivet
Strong's Definition
an olive-orchard, i.e. (specially) the Mount of Olives
Derivation: from G1636 (ἐλαία);
KJV Usage: Olivet
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ῶνος | ἐλαία
3.12 · Plants · Trees
olive grove, olive orchard (derivative of ἐλαία[a] ‘olive tree,’ 3.9) a number of olive trees planted in a garden or grove In ACT 1:12, it may be well to employ the more common designation for ‘the hill called The Olive Grove,’ namely, ‘Hill of Olives’ or ‘Mount of Olives’ (see 3.9).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐλαιών, -dvos, 6, (the ending ὧν in derivative nouns indicating a place set with trees of the kind designated by the primitive, as δαφνών, ἰτεών, δρυμών, κεδρών, cf. Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 422 sqq.; Kihneri. p. 711; [Jelf § 335 d.]); an olive-orchard, a place planted with olive trees, i.e. the Mount of Olives [ A.V. Olivet] (see ἐλαία. 1) : Acts i. 12 (διὰ τοῦ ἐλαιῶνος ὄρους, Joseph. antt. 7, 9, 2). In Lk. xix. 29; xxi. 37 also we should write τὸ ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον ἐλαιών (so 1, T Tr, [but WH with RG -ὧν]): likewise in Joseph. antt. 20, 8,6 πρὸς ὄρος τὸ προσαγο ρευόμενον ἐλαιών; b. 1. 2,13, 5 and 5, 2, 3 εἰς (κατὰ) ἐλαιὼν καλούμενον ὄρος ; 6, 2, 8 κατὰ τὸ ἐλαιὼν ὄρος ; [but in Joseph. ll. ec. Bekker edits τῶν]. Cf. Fritzsche on Mk. p. 794 sq.; B. 22 (19 sq.); W. 182 (171) n. 1; [but see WH. App. p. 158°]. (The Sept. sometimes render nv freely by ἐλαιών, as Ex. xxiii. 11; Deut. vi. 11; 15. viii. 14, ete.; not found in Grk. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐλαιών elaiōn 1x
an olive garden; in NT the mount Olivet, Lk. 19:29; 21:37; Acts 1:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐλαιών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(< ἐλαία), [in LXX for זַיִת ;]
olive-grove, olive-garden (so in FlJ and in π.; Deiss., BS, 209 ff.; MM, Exp., iii; M, Pr., 49, 69, 235): Lk 19:29 21:37 (WH, -ῶν; v. their App., 158; Field, Notes, 73; Bl., § 10, 5; 33, 1; Thayer, s.v.), Ac 1:12 (where Bl, ll. c., proposes the conjectural emendation ἐλαιῶν for -ῶνος).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐλαιών. Deissmann (8S p. 208 ff.) has sufficiently demonstrated against Blass (Gr. pp. 32, 64, 85) the reality of this word: see also Proleg. pp. 49, 69, 235, and add from the recently published P Ryl II. 130% (a.p. 31) els τὸν ὑπάρχοντά por... . ἐλαιῶνα, 138° (A.D. 34) εἰς τὰ νεώφυτα τῶν ἐλαιώνων, “into the young plantations in the olive-yards’’ (Edd.), 152" (A.D. 42) ἐν ἐλαιῶ(νι) Θερμουθαρίου, also P Lond 214” (a.p. 270-5) (-- 11. p. 161, Chrest. I. p. 209) εἰς ἀμπελικὸν χωρίον καλούμενον ᾿Ελαιῶνα. The formation is a favourite one, as φοινικών, ““ρα]πηρτονε ἡ (P Amh II. 515 ας. 112, Ῥ Gen I. 385=A.p:) 207-8), καμηλών, “camel-shed ’’ (P Oxy III. 507?*—a.p. 169, 5.3322. 111 a. D.). The specializing of the —dv suffix (‘place of . . .’’, as in ἀνδρών, γυναικών, κοιτών, etc.) for groves is found in δαφνών, ἀμπελών, φηγών, πιτυών, μηλών, κυπαρισσών, συκών, Ἑλικών (‘ willow mountain ’’)—the last a specially good parallel for ᾿Εἰλαιών, if the etymology is sound. Cf. Brugmann Aurze Vergl. Gramm. § 414, and Moulton Gr. ii. § 61 (4). Part III. , ἐλαυνω
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐλαιών (elaiōn) — Olivet. ἐλαι-ών, ῶνος, ὁ, olive-yard, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]
II. the Mount of Olives, Olivet, [NT+1st c.AD+]