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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