STRONGS G1637:
ἔλαιον,
-ου,
τό, [from Homer down],
Sept. chiefly for
שֶׁמֶן, also for
יִצְהָר;
olive-oil: used for feeding lamps,
Matthew 25:3f,
8; for healing the sick,
Mark 6:13;
Luke 10:34;
James 5:14; for anointing the head and body at feasts (
Athen. 15, c. 11) [cf. under the word
μύρον],
Luke 7:46;
Hebrews 1:9 (on which passage see
ἀγαλλίασις); mentioned among articles of commerce,
Luke 16:6;
Revelation 6:6;
Revelation 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 Oil, II. 4; and Meyer edition Weiss on
Mark 6:13].
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