noun · masculine
elaiōnos
Greekἐλαιών (elaiōn)
Strong’sG1638
Olive-grove, Olive-yard, the mount Olivet
stem elaiōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἐλαιών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(< ἐλαία), [in LXX for זַיִת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1638 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidel-ah-yone'
an olive-orchard, i.e. (specially) the Mount of Olives
Fromfrom G1636;
King JamesOlivet.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | elaiōnos | elaiōnois |
| object accusative | elaiōnon | elaiōnoin |
| direct address vocative | elaiōnor | elaiōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | elaiōnou1×Ἐλαιῶνος | elaiōnoiu |
| to, for dative | elaiōno | elaiōnoi |
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
elaiōno 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
elaiōnou“olivet”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 1:12“olivet”Tote hupostrefala eis Ierousalēm apo oreu teu kalirōteu Elaiōnou, hem atō engus Ierousalēm sabbateu echarōtem hodan.Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.