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).
124 distinct verses where H6086 appears in the Construct state, across 26 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 12 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 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 3:8 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 3:22 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 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.
Exodus 24 verses
- 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 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 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 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 10 verses
- 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 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.
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 5 verses
- 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 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 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 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;
Judges 1 verse
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 4 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
1 Kings 12 verses
- 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 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 6:23 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 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 Chronicles 4 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 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.
2 Chronicles 5 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 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.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 2 verses
- 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.
Job 1 verse
Psalms 4 verses
- 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 4 verses
- Proverbs 3:18 עֵץ n c ms cs She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
- Proverbs 11:30 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
- Proverbs 13:12 וְ/עֵ֥ץ conj + n c ms cs Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
- Proverbs 15:4 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs A gentle tongue is a tree of life, But deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Song of Solomon 3 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:3 בַּ/עֲצֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, His fruit was sweet to my taste.
- Song of Solomon 3:9 מֵ/עֲצֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs King Solomon made himself a carriage Of the wood of Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 4:14 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; Myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
Isaiah 6 verses
- Isaiah 7:2 עֲצֵי n c mp cs It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
- Isaiah 10:19 עֵ֛ץ n c ms cs The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
- Isaiah 41:19 וְ/עֵ֣ץ conj + n c ms cs I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together:
- Isaiah 44:14 בַּ/עֲצֵי prep + n c mp cs He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.
- Isaiah 45:20 עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
- Isaiah 55:12 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 15 verses
- Ezekiel 15:2 עֵץ עֵ֑ץ בַּ/עֲצֵ֥י n c ms cs n c ms cs prep + n c mp cs Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
- Ezekiel 15:6 עֵץ בְּ/עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 17:24 עֲצֵ֣י עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ n c mp cs n c ms n c ms n c ms n c ms All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.
- Ezekiel 26:12 וְ/עֵצַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.
- Ezekiel 31:4 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers of it ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
- Ezekiel 31:5 עֲצֵ֣י n c mp cs Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth.
- Ezekiel 31:9 עֲצֵי n c mp cs I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
- Ezekiel 31:14 עֲצֵי n c mp cs to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [even] all who drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.
- Ezekiel 31:15 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers of it; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
- Ezekiel 31:16 עֲצֵי n c mp cs I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
- Ezekiel 31:18 בַּ/עֲצֵי עֲצֵי prep + n c mp cs n c mp cs To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 34:27 עֵ֨ץ n c ms cs The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.
- Ezekiel 37:16 עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ n c ms n c ms n c ms cs You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:
- Ezekiel 37:19 עֵ֤ץ עֵ֣ץ לְ/עֵ֣ץ n c ms cs n c ms cs prep + n c ms tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
- Ezekiel 47:12 עֵֽץ n c ms cs By the river on the bank of it, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit of it fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters of it issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit of it shall be for food, and the leaf of it for healing.
Hosea 1 verse
Joel 2 verses
- Joel 1:12 עֲצֵ֤י n c mp cs The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of men.
- Joel 1:19 עֲצֵ֥י n c mp cs Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
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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.
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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.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6086, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
