H5955 עֹלֵלָה (ʻôlêlâh) o-lay-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

gleaning

Strong's Definition

only in plural gleanings; by extension gleaning-time

Derivation: feminine active participle of H5953 (עָלַל);

KJV Usage: (gleaning) (of the) grapes, grapegleanings.

TWOT Reference: 1627a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) gleaning

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2562 G2640

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֹלֵלוֹת (o.le.lah) — gleaning. gleaning

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֹלֵלֹות (H5955) — עֹולֵלֹות, עֹולֵלֹת, עֹלֵלֹת

noun f · עלל

Crops

gleanings = grapes that are left on the vine after the first round of harvest, ≈ sometimes used figuratively to denote the aftermath of an event

JDG 8:2 · ISA 17:6 · ISA 24:13 · JER 49:9 · OBA 1:5 · MIC 7:1

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֹלֵלוֹת n.f.pl.intens. gleaning (going over a second time) base

Bible Occurrences (6)

8:2

17:6 24:13

49:9

1:5

7:1

Judges 8:2

But [Gideon] answered them, Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

Isaiah 17:6

Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree..., four or five on its fruitful branches, declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 24:13

So... will it be on the earth [and] among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after... a grape harvest.

Jeremiah 49:9

If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?... Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?

Obadiah 1:5

If thieves came to you, if robbers by night — oh, how you will be ruined — would they not steal [only] what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave [some] gleanings?

Micah 7:1

Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there [is no] cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.