STRONGS G3586:
ξύλον,
ξύλου,
τό (from
ξύω to scrape, plane), from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
עֵץ;
1. wood: universally,
1 Corinthians 3:12;
ξύλον θύϊνον,
Revelation 18:12;
that which is made of wood, as a beam from which anyone is suspended,
a gibbet, a cross (
A. V. tree, which see in
B. D. American edition),
Acts 5:30;
Acts 10:39;
Acts 13:29;
Galatians 3:13;
1 Peter 2:24 (
עֵץ,
Genesis 40:19;
Deuteronomy 21:23;
Joshua 10:26;
Esther 5:14) — a use not found in the classics (cf. Liddell and Scott, under II. 4). A log or timber with holes in which the feet, bands, neck, of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs (Gr.
καλόν,
ξυλοπεδη,
ποδοκάκη,
ποδοστράβη, Latin
nervus, by which the Latin renders the Hebrew
סַד, a fetter, or shackle for the feet, Job (
Job 13:27);
Job 33:11; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 458ff; (
B. D., under the word )):
Acts 16:24 (
Herodotus 6, 75; 9, 37;
Aristophanes eq. 367, 394, 705);
a cudgel, stick, staff: plural,
Matthew 26:47,
55;
Mark 14:43,
48;
Luke 22:52 (
Herodotus 2, 63; 4, 180;
Demosthenes, p. 645, 15;
Polybius 6, 37, 3;
Josephus,
b. j. 2, 9, 4;
Herodian, 7, 7, 4).
2. a tree:
Luke 23:31 (
Genesis 1:29;
Genesis 2:9;
Genesis 3:1;
Isaiah 14:8, etc.);
ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, see
ζωή, 2 b., p. 274{a}.
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