ἐλαία elaía
Meaning
an olive (the tree or the fruit)
In the King James Version: olive (berry, tree)
Derivation: feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary;
Where it is used
- Romans 11:17 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
- Romans 11:24 For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
- James 3:12 My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- Revelation 11:4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.