The meaning of “עֵץ”
Understanding ʻêts reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. - a tree (from...
עֵץ
[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. - a tree (from its firmness) - hence, wood (plural sticks) 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 3:12 | “And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” Word: עֵץ (ʻêts) | |
| Judges 9:12 | “Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.” Word: עֵץ (ʻêts) | |
| 2 Chronicles 3:5 | “And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.” Word: עֵץ (ʻêts) | |
| Proverbs 15:4 | “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.” Word: עֵץ (ʻêts) | |
| Ezekiel 31:14 | “To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.” Word: עֵץ (ʻêts) |
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