elaion · olive oil

What it means

elaion (ἔλαιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “olive oil”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Olive juice, for lamps, healing or anointing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 25:3

  For the foolish, taking their lamps, did not take oil with them;

• Matthew 25:4

  but the wise took oil in flasks with their lamps.

• Matthew 25:8

  And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

• Mark 6:13

  And they were driving out many demons, and anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

• Luke 7:46

  You did not anoint my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

• Luke 10:34

  And he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and putting him on his own animal, he brought him to an inn and took care of him.

• Luke 16:6

  And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

• Hebrews 1:9

  You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

• James 5:14

  Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

• Revelation 6:6

  And I heard something like a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

• Revelation 18:13

  and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and horses and carriages and bodies, and souls of human beings.