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ἔλαιον

Transliteration: elaion · noun

11x in NTFirst: Matt 25:3
Meaningolive oil
Part of speechnoun
Frequency11x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἔλαιον, ἐλαίου, ἐλαίῳ
Example versesMatt 25:3 · Matt 25:4 · Matt 25:8 · Mark 6:13 · Luke 7:46
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What kind of word is ἔλαιον?

ἔλαιον (elaion) is a noun that occurs 11 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “olive oil” and first appears in Matt 25:3.

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