Elaion means “Olivet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1638 — garac (“break”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1638 ἐλαιών (elaion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. elaion (el-ai-one') n. 1. an olive-orchard 2. (specially) the Mount of Olives It has 10 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include mount. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
elaion (el-ai-one') n. 1. an olive-orchard 2. (specially) the Mount of Olives [from G1636] KJV: Olivet Root(s): G1636
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1638. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Olivet
Usage: ἐλαιών, -ῶνος, ὁ (ἐλαία), [in LXX for זַיִת ;] olive-grove, olive-garden (so in FlJ and in π.; Deiss., BS, 209 ff.; MM, Exp., iii; M, Pr., 49, 69, 235): Luk.19:29 21:37 (WH, -ῶν; see their App., 158; Field, Notes, 73; El., § 10, 5; 33, 1; Thayer, see word), Act.1:12 (where EL, ll with, proposes the conjectural emendation ἐλαιῶν for -ῶνος).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render elaion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1638 (ἐλαιών) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine olive yard.
houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and olive yards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled,
And he gave you a land on which ye did not labor, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye eat of vineyards and olive yards which ye did not plant.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1638.
But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine olive yard.
houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and olive yards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled,
And he gave you a land on which ye did not labor, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye eat of vineyards and olive yards which ye did not plant.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good olive yards, and give them to his servants.
Whence comest thou, Gehazi? and Gehazi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisha said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
And over the olive yards, and over the sycamores in the plain country was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein ye trusted, with the sword.
I smote you with parching, and with blight: ye multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your olive yards: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
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Elaion (Strong's G1638) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Olivet". elaion (el-ai-one') n. 1. an olive-orchard 2. (specially) the Mount of Olives
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G1638 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1638 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mount. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1638, with linked reader references where each row is available.