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Strong's H2132 זַיִת (zayith)

Zayith means “Olivet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2132 — eunoeo (“agree”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2132
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 36
Books 21

Strong's H2132 Quick Answer

Strong's H2132 זַיִת (zayith) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. zayith (zay'-yith) n-m. 1. an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry [probably from an unused root (akin to H2099)] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include olive and oil. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
zayith (zay'-yith) n-m. 1. an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry [probably from an unused root (akin to H2099)]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
olive and oil

Meaning and Definition

zayith (zay'-yith) n-m. 1. an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry [probably from an unused root (akin to H2099)] KJV: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet. Root(s): H2099

Original Word
זַיִת
Transliteration
zayith
Derivation
First root strongs: 2099
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2132. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2132 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render zayith, 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.

olive Genesis 8:11 26× oil Nehemiah 5:11

How Strong's H2132 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 36 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2132 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2132 in the Old Testament

36 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 8:11 KJV

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Exodus 23:11 KJV

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Exodus 27:20 KJV

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2132.

Genesis 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Exodus 23:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Exodus 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Leviticus 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Deuteronomy 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Deuteronomy 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Deuteronomy 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 28:40 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Joshua 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
Judges 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Judges 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
1 Samuel 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
2 Samuel 15:30 Old Testament, KJV
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Kings 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
2 Kings 18:32 Old Testament, KJV
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
1 Chronicles 27:28 Old Testament, KJV
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
Nehemiah 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Nehemiah 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Job 15:33 Old Testament, KJV
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Psalms 52:8 Old Testament, KJV
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Psalms 128:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Isaiah 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Isaiah 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
Jeremiah 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Hosea 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Amos 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Micah 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Habakkuk 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Haggai 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Zechariah 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Zechariah 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
Zechariah 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
Zechariah 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2132, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2132 FAQ

What does zayith (זַיִת) mean?

Zayith (Strong's H2132) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Olivet". zayith (zay'-yith) n-m. 1. an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry [probably from an unused root (akin to H2099)]

How many times is zayith (זַיִת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's H2132 across 21 books.

Where can I study zayith (זַיִת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2132 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate zayith (זַיִת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as olive and oil. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.