עֵץ
tree
also: wood, timber, stock, plank fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 121 times (37%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 82 times (25%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 71 times (22%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 56 times (17%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 330 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 25 verses
- Genesis 1:11 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 וְ/עֵ֧ץ conj + n c ms The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:29 הָ/עֵ֛ץ עֵ֖ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 2:9 עֵ֛ץ וְ/עֵ֤ץ וְ/עֵ֕ץ n c ms conj + n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:16 עֵֽץ n c ms cs Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:17 וּ/מֵ/עֵ֗ץ conj + prep + n c ms cs but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."
- Genesis 3:1 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:2 עֵֽץ n c ms cs The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
- Genesis 3:3 הָ/עֵץ֮ ptcl def.art + n c ms but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:6 הָ/עֵ֨ץ הָ/עֵץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 3:8 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:11 הָ/עֵ֗ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 3:12 הָ/עֵ֖ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:17 הָ/עֵ֔ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:22 מֵ/עֵ֣ץ prep + n c ms cs Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 3:24 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Genesis 6:14 עֲצֵי n c mp cs Make an ark of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ark, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
- Genesis 18:4 הָ/עֵֽץ ptcl def.art + n c ms Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- Genesis 18:8 הָ/עֵ֖ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
- Genesis 22:3 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:6 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
- Genesis 22:7 וְ/הָ֣/עֵצִ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
- Genesis 22:9 הָ/עֵצִ֑ים לָ/עֵצִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp prep det + n c mp They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
- Genesis 23:17 הָ/עֵץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about, were made sure
- Genesis 40:19 עֵ֑ץ n c ms Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
Exodus 30 verses
- Exodus 7:19 וּ/בָ/עֵצִ֖ים conj + prep det + n c mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
- Exodus 9:25 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
- Exodus 10:5 הָ/עֵ֔ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
- Exodus 10:15 הָ/עֵ֔ץ בָּ/עֵ֛ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 15:25 עֵ֔ץ n c ms Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh shown him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;
- Exodus 25:5 וַ/עֲצֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
- Exodus 25:10 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 25:13 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 25:23 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
- Exodus 25:28 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
- Exodus 26:15 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs "You shall make the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
- Exodus 26:26 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 27:1 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
- Exodus 27:6 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
- Exodus 30:1 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs "You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
- Exodus 30:5 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 31:5 עֵ֑ץ n c ms and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.
- Exodus 35:7 וַ/עֲצֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
- Exodus 35:24 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
- Exodus 35:33 עֵ֑ץ n c ms in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
- Exodus 36:20 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up.
- Exodus 36:31 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 37:1 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 37:4 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Exodus 37:10 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
- Exodus 37:15 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
- Exodus 37:25 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
- Exodus 37:28 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
- Exodus 38:1 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Exodus 38:6 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
Leviticus 20 verses
- Leviticus 1:7 עֵצִ֖ים n c mp The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire;
- Leviticus 1:8 הָ/עֵצִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
- Leviticus 1:12 הָֽ/עֵצִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar,
- Leviticus 1:17 הָ/עֵצִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 3:5 הָ/עֵצִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 4:12 עֵצִ֖ים n c mp even the whole bull shall he carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. Where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
- Leviticus 6:12 עֵצִ֖ים n c mp The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
- Leviticus 11:32 עֵץ֙ n c ms On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.
- Leviticus 14:4 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
- Leviticus 14:6 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
- Leviticus 14:45 עֵצָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.
- Leviticus 14:49 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
- Leviticus 14:51 עֵֽץ n c ms cs He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
- Leviticus 14:52 וּ/בְ/עֵ֥ץ conj + prep + n c ms cs He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
- Leviticus 15:12 עֵ֔ץ n c ms "'The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
- Leviticus 19:23 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs "'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years shall they be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.
- Leviticus 23:40 עֵ֤ץ עֵץ n c ms cs n c ms You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days.
- Leviticus 26:4 וְ/עֵ֥ץ conj + n c ms cs then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Leviticus 26:20 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
- Leviticus 27:30 הָ/עֵ֔ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms "'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.
Numbers 6 verses
- Numbers 13:20 עֵץ֙ n c ms and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.
- Numbers 15:32 עֵצִ֖ים n c mp While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
- Numbers 15:33 עֵצִ֑ים n c mp Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
- Numbers 19:6 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs and the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
- Numbers 31:20 עֵ֑ץ n c ms As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.
- Numbers 35:18 עֵֽץ n c ms Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 16 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:28 עֵ֣ץ n c ms There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
- Deuteronomy 10:1 עֵֽץ n c ms At that time Yahweh said to me, Hew you two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
- Deuteronomy 10:3 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tables in my hand.
- Deuteronomy 12:2 עֵ֥ץ n c ms You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:
- Deuteronomy 16:21 עֵ֑ץ n c ms You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 עֵצִים֒ הָ/עֵ֔ץ הָ/עֵ֔ץ n c mp ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
- Deuteronomy 20:19 עֵצָ/הּ֙ עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms cs When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees of it by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?
- Deuteronomy 20:20 עֵ֣ץ עֵ֤ץ n c ms n c ms cs Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
- Deuteronomy 21:22 עֵֽץ n c ms If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
- Deuteronomy 21:23 הָ/עֵ֗ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don't defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 22:6 עֵ֣ץ n c ms If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young:
- Deuteronomy 28:36 עֵ֥ץ n c ms Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 28:42 עֵצְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 עֵ֥ץ n c ms Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 29:11 עֵצֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;
- Deuteronomy 29:17 עֵ֣ץ n c ms and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
Joshua 7 verses
- Joshua 2:6 הָ/עֵ֔ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
- Joshua 8:29 הָ/עֵ֖ץ הָ/עֵ֗ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.
- Joshua 9:21 עֵצִ֤ים n c mp The princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them.
- Joshua 9:23 עֵצִ֛ים n c mp Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.
- Joshua 9:27 עֵצִ֛ים n c mp That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
- Joshua 10:26 עֵצִ֑ים הָ/עֵצִ֖ים n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
- Joshua 10:27 הָ/עֵצִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
Judges 10 verses
- Judges 6:26 בַּ/עֲצֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.
- Judges 9:8 הָ/עֵצִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us.
- Judges 9:9 הָ/עֵצִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
- Judges 9:10 הָ/עֵצִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:11 הָ/עֵצִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
- Judges 9:12 הָ/עֵצִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The trees said to the vine, Come you, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:13 הָ/עֵצִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp The vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?
- Judges 9:14 הָ/עֵצִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us.
- Judges 9:15 הָ/עֵצִים֒ ptcl def.art + n c mp The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
- Judges 9:48 עֵצִ֔ים n c mp Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 6:14 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cattle for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 17:7 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 5:11 וַ/עֲצֵ֣י עֵ֔ץ conj + n c mp cs n c ms Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
- 2 Samuel 6:5 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all manner of [instruments made of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
- 2 Samuel 23:7 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: They shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place
- 2 Samuel 24:22 לָ/עֵצִֽים prep det + n c mp Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him: behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
1 Kings 22 verses
- 1 Kings 4:33 הָֽ/עֵצִים֒ ptcl def.art + n c mp He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
- 1 Kings 5:6 עֵצִ֖ים n c mp Now therefore command you that they cut me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for you know that there is not among us any who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.
- 1 Kings 5:8 בַּ/עֲצֵ֥י וּ/בַ/עֲצֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs conj + prep + n c mp cs Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [the message] which you have sent to me: I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
- 1 Kings 5:10 עֲצֵ֧י וַ/עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.
- 1 Kings 5:18 הָ/עֵצִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.
- 1 Kings 6:10 בַּ/עֲצֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:15 עֵ֖ץ n c ms He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
- 1 Kings 6:23 עֲצֵי n c mp cs In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:31 עֲצֵי n c mp cs For the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel [and] door-posts were a fifth part [of the wall].
- 1 Kings 6:32 עֲצֵי n c mp cs So [he made] two doors of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.
- 1 Kings 6:33 עֲצֵי n c mp cs So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall];
- 1 Kings 6:34 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
- 1 Kings 9:11 בַּ/עֲצֵי֩ וּ/בַ/עֲצֵ֧י prep + n c mp cs conj + prep + n c mp cs (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
- 1 Kings 10:11 עֲצֵ֧י n c mp cs The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
- 1 Kings 10:12 עֲצֵ֨י עֲצֵ֤י n c mp cs n c mp cs The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.
- 1 Kings 14:23 עֵ֥ץ n c ms For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
- 1 Kings 15:22 עֵצֶ֔י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1 Kings 17:10 עֵצִ֑ים n c mp So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- 1 Kings 17:12 עֵצִ֗ים n c mp She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
- 1 Kings 18:23 הָ֣/עֵצִ֔ים הָ֣/עֵצִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
- 1 Kings 18:33 הָֽ/עֵצִ֑ים הָ/עֵצִֽים הָ/עֵצִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 18:38 הָ֣/עֵצִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 3:19 עֵ֥ץ n c ms You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
- 2 Kings 3:25 עֵֽץ n c ms They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
- 2 Kings 6:4 הָ/עֵצִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
- 2 Kings 6:6 עֵץ֙ n c ms The man of God said, Where fell it? He shown him the place. He cut down a stick, and cast it in there, and made the iron to swim.
- 2 Kings 12:11 הָ/עֵץ֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, who worked on the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Kings 12:12 עֵצִים֙ n c mp and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Yahweh, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
- 2 Kings 16:4 עֵ֥ץ n c ms He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:10 עֵ֥ץ n c ms and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
- 2 Kings 19:18 עֵ֥ץ n c ms and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- 2 Kings 22:6 עֵצִים֙ n c mp to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
1 Chronicles 8 verses
- 1 Chronicles 14:1 וַ/עֲצֵ֣י עֵצִ֑ים conj + n c mp cs n c mp Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
- 1 Chronicles 16:33 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Yahweh; For he comes to judge the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 20:5 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs There was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23 לָ/עֵצִ֛ים prep det + n c mp Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give [you] the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.
- 1 Chronicles 22:4 וַ/עֲצֵ֥י עֲצֵ֧י conj + n c mp cs n c mp cs and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 וְ/עֵצִ֤ים conj + n c mp Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 22:15 וָ/עֵ֑ץ conj + n c ms There are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work:
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 וְ/הָ/עֵצִ֖ים לָ/עֵצִ֑ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp prep det + n c mp Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
2 Chronicles 11 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:8 עֲצֵ֨י עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
- 2 Chronicles 2:9 עֵצִ֖ים n c mp even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 הָ/עֵצִ֡ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 וּ/בָ/עֵצִ֗ים conj + prep det + n c mp the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- 2 Chronicles 2:16 עֵצִ֤ים n c mp and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs The greater house he made a ceiling with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and worked thereon palm trees and chains.
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
- 2 Chronicles 9:11 עֲצֵ֨י n c mp cs The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 16:6 עֵצֶ֔י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber of it, with which Baasha had built; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
- 2 Chronicles 28:4 עֵ֥ץ n c ms He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Chronicles 34:11 וְ/עֵצִ֖ים conj + n c mp even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 8 verses
- Nehemiah 2:8 עֵצִ֡ים n c mp and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. The king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me.
- Nehemiah 8:4 עֵץ֮ n c ms Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 8:15 עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs n c ms cs and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
- Nehemiah 9:25 וְ/עֵ֥ץ conj + n c ms cs They took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
- Nehemiah 10:34 הָ/עֵצִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp We cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;
- Nehemiah 10:35 עֵ֖ץ n c ms and to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, to the house of Yahweh;
- Nehemiah 10:37 עֵ֜ץ n c ms and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
- Nehemiah 13:31 הָ/עֵצִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.
Esther 8 verses
- Esther 2:23 עֵ֑ץ n c ms When inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
- Esther 5:14 עֵץ֮ הָ/עֵֽץ n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak you to the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. The thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esther 6:4 הָ/עֵ֖ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
- Esther 7:9 הָ/עֵ֣ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. The king said, Hang him thereon.
- Esther 7:10 הָ/עֵ֖ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
- Esther 8:7 הָ/עֵ֔ץ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
- Esther 9:13 הָ/עֵֽץ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows.
- Esther 9:25 הָ/עֵֽץ ptcl def.art + n c ms but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Job 4 verses
- Job 14:7 לָ/עֵ֗ץ prep det + n c ms "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.
- Job 19:10 כָּ֝/עֵ֗ץ prep det + n c ms He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.
- Job 24:20 כָּ/עֵ֣ץ prep det + n c ms The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
- Job 41:27 לְ/עֵ֖ץ prep + n c ms cs He counts iron as straw; And brass as rotten wood.
Psalms 6 verses
- Psalms 1:3 כְּ/עֵץ֮ prep + n c ms He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Psalms 74:5 עֵ֝֗ץ n c ms They behaved like men wielding axes, Cutting through a thicket of trees.
- Psalms 96:12 עֲצֵי n c mp cs Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
- Psalms 104:16 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Yahweh's trees are well watered, The cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
- Psalms 105:33 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.
- Psalms 148:9 עֵ֥ץ n c ms cs Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars;
Proverbs 6 verses
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עץ — transliterated ʻêts — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “tree.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 1:11. Spanning 288 verses in 30 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Alongside “tree” the lexicon also lists “wood”, “timber”, and “stock” — part of its full sense range. Sharing its root, it stands alongside עצה, עצה and אע. See the sense tree, 288-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6086 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 288
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 288 distinct verses.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #148
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 148 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 288 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 288 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 129 verses · 45%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 97 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 62 verses · 22%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Wood 98×, Tree 63×, Trees 45×
- American Standard Version†: Wood 89×, Tree 49×, Trees 26×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Wood 102×, Trees 59×, Tree 52×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Wood 80×, Tree 59×, Trees 47×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6086 across 326† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6086 across 317† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6086 across 307† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 22 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6086 across 342† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- a. a standing tree Gn 18:4, 8 (J) +, Ex 15:25 (J; of shrub?), Je 17:18 = ψ 1:3 (sim.); to be felled Dt 19:5; 2 K 6:6; הָעֵצִים (appar. incl. vine and bramble) in allegory Ju 9:8 + 6 times Ju 9; עֵץ הַחַיִּים †Gn 2:9; 3:22, 24 (J), cf. ע׳ חַיִּים, fig. of source of (life and) happiness †Pr 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; ע׳ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע Gn 2:9, 16 (J); עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Is 7:2 (sim.), 44:14; Ez 15:2 +; עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Is 55:12; Ez 17:24 (fig.), +; עֲצֵי לְבָנוֹן 2 Ch 2:7; עֲצֵי־מַיִם †Ez 31:14; עֲצֵי י׳ †ψ 104:16; עֲצֵי עֵדֶן †Ez 31:9, 16, 18(×2); עֲצֵי לְבוֹנָה Ct 4:14; of vine עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן †Ez 15:2, 6; תַּחַת כָּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship †Dt 12:2; Je 2:20; 3:6, 13; 1 K 14:23; 2 K 16:4; 17:10; Ez 6:13; Is 57:5; 2 Ch 28:4, cf. עַל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן Je 17:2; כָּל־עֵץ עָבֹת Ez 20:28. e.g. Genesis 18:4
- b. coll. trees, עֵץ־הַגָּן Gn 2:16; 3:1, 2, 8 (all J); usually later, ע׳ 1:12, 29(×2) (P), +; עֵץ פְּרִי fruit-bearing trees Gn 1:11 (P), ψ 148:9, cf. Ec 2:5, פְּרִי עֵץ Ex 10:15 (J), Ez 36:30 Lv 23:40 (H), cf. Jo 2:22; עֵץ־מַאֲכָל Dt 20:20; Lv 19:23 (H), Ez 47:12; Ne 9:25; עֵץ הַזַּיִת Hg 2:19 olive trees, עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Ne 8:15, עֵץ־שָׁ֑מֶן Is 41:19; סֲבָךְ־עֵץ ψ 74:5 thicket of trees; עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה Ex 9:25 (J), +; עֵץ הַיַּעַר †Ez 15:6, cf. Is 10:19; 44:23; כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Is 65:22 (sim. of great age). e.g. Genesis 2:16
- c. pl. of trees felled for building, 1 K 5:20, 32 (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 S 5:11 = 1 Ch 14:1 + 7 times; עֲצֵי בְרוֹשׁים 1 K 5:22, 24; 9:11; (אַלְגּ׳) עֲצֵי אַלְמֻגִּים, v. אַלְגּ׳ p. 38 supr. e.g. 1 Kings 5:20
- a. wood, as material; for building, 2 K 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַחְצֵב), 22:6 = 2 Ch 34:11 (both + id.), Ne 2:8 +; עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1 K 6:23, 31, 33 cf. v 32; עֲצֵי־גֹּפֶר Gn 6:14 (Noah’s ark), עֲצֵי שִׁטּים Ex 25:5, 10 + 20 times Ex (of tabern. and its furniture; all P) Dt 10:3; מִגְדַּל־עֵץ Ne 8:4; מוֹטֹת עֵץ Je 28:13 (in fig.; opp. מ׳ בַּרְזֶל); כְּלִי־עֵץ article of wood Lv 11:32; 15:12 Nu 31:20, cf. 35:18 (all P). Hence e.g. 2 Kings 12:13
- b. עֵצִים = articles of wood Ex 7:19 (P; ‖ אֲבָנִים), 1 Ch 29:2; so עֲצֵי בְרוֹשִׁים 2 S 6:5 (but v. בְּרוֹשׁ ad fin.); specif. הָעֵץ = helve of axe Dt 19:5; עֵץ חֲנִית(וֹ) 1 S 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ) = 1 Ch 20:5; 2 S 21:19; 23:7; עֲצֵי הָעֲגָלָה 1 S 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Ju 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zc 5:4; Hb 2:11; Lv 14:45, of a city 1 K 15:22 = 2 Ch 16:5; Ez 26:12; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps orig. tree) Gn 40:19 (E), Jos 8:29(×2); 10:26(×2), 27 (all JE), Dt 21:22, 23; late (in Pers.) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), תָּלָה עַל־עֵץ Est 2:23 + 8 times Est. e.g. Exodus 7:19
- c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Dt 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:16; 2 K 19:18 = Is 37:19; Ez 20:32, cf. Je 2:27; 3:9; Hb 2:19; so עֵץ alone Ho 4:12; Is 40:20, cf. 44:19; 45:20; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּל־עֵץ Dt 16:21. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:28
- d. (fire-)wood Jos 9:23, 27 (J), v 21 (P), Dt 19:5; Is 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ez 24:5 (for MT עצמים Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 K 18:23(×2) +, Gn 22:7, 9(×2) Lv 1:7 + 6 times Lv (all P), 2 S 24:22 ‖ 1 Ch 21:23, +; עֲצֵי עוֹלָה Gn 22:3, 6 (P). e.g. Joshua 9:23
- e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications Lv 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Nu 19:6 (all P). e.g. Leviticus 14:4
- f. פִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ Jos 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk.—Je 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for MT הֲבָלִים עֵץ הוּא.—מֹאֶסֶת כָּל־עֵץ Ez 21:15 is dub., Sm proposes מָאַסְתָּ כָל־עֵץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָל־עֹוֹ, Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף כָּל־עַז; SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated. e.g. Joshua 2:6
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Gn 2: 9 tree, trees, wood;—ע׳ abs. Gn 3:3 +, cstr. 3:24 +, עֵץ־ 2:16 +; sf. עֵצְיךָ Dt 28:42, etc.; pl. עֵצִים Ju 9:8 +, cstr. עֲצֵי Is 7:2 +, sf. עֵצֶיךָ Dt 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ La 5:4, etc.;—
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Derived from עצה (ʻâtsâh) (H6095) — to shut.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עֵץ
- 2. tree, pole; wood. Esth. R. to V, 12 לאחר שעשה העץ after having made the gallows. Tam. II, 3, a. fr. עץ שמן pine-wood. Gen. R. s. 15 אילן שעֵצוֹ נאכל וכ׳ a tree whose wood is as fit to eat as its fruit. Sifra Emor, Par. 12, ch. XVI, v. עָנָף; a. v. fr.—Pes. 30ᵇ עץ פרור wooden pot-ladle.—Pl. עֵצִים; constr. עֲצֵי. Tam. l. c. כל הע׳ כשרין וכ׳ all kinds of wood are fit for the altar pile. Ib. 5 עצי תאנה wood of a fig-tree. R. Hash. II, 3 עצי שמן, v. supra; a. v. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 110 distinct written forms H6086 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 50 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 268 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 288 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:11
- Exodus 7:19
- Leviticus 1:7
- Numbers 13:20
- Deuteronomy 4:28
- Joshua 2:6
- Judges 6:26
- 1 Samuel 6:14
- 2 Samuel 5:11
- 1 Kings 5:10
- 2 Kings 3:19
- 1 Chronicles 14:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
