noun · feminine
agrielaias
Greekἀγριέλαιος (agrielaios)
Strong’sG65
a wild olive tree
stem agrielai-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀγρι-έλαιος, -ον
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G65 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | agrielaias1×ἀγριέλαιος | agrielaiais |
| object accusative | agrielaian | agrielaiain |
| direct address vocative | agrielaiar | agrielaiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | agrielaiau1×ἀγριελαίου | agrielaiaiu |
| to, for dative | agrielaia | agrielaiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
agrielaia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
agrielaias“wild olive tree”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 11:17“wild olive tree”Ei de tinois toiu kladoiu ekklila, sis de agrielaias arōtos enkentrizisa en autoi kai sunkoinōnos tau rizau tau piotau tau elaiau ginesa,Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
agrielaiau“wild olive tree”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 11:24“wild olive tree”ei gar sis ek tau kata fusian ekkoptisa agrielaiau kai para fusian enkentrizisa eis kallielaian, pose mallon houtois tois kata fusian enkentrizili ta idia elaia.For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!