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Wood

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3293

יַ֫עַר

ya.ar — wood

forest, wood, thicket, wooded height Also means: ya.or (יָעוֹר "wood" H3264)

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GREEK · G3586

ξύλον

xulon — wood

ξύλον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for עֵץ ;] 1. wood: 1Co.3:12, Rev.18:12. 2. a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as, (a) a cudgel, staff: pl., Mat.26:47, 55, Mrk.14:43, 48, Luk.22:52; (b) stocks, for confining the feet (Job.33:11, סַד) : Act.16:24; (with) a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deu.21:22-23), in NT, of the Cross: Act.5:30 10:39 13:29, Gal.3:13, 1Pe.2:24. 3. In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (Gen.1:29, Isa.14:8, al.) : Luk.23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Rev.2:7 22:2, 14 22:19.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H636

אָע

a — wood

wood, beam, timber Aramaic of ets (עֵץ ": wood" H6086)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3264

יָעוֹר

ya.or — wood

wood, forest, thicket, wooded height Another spelling of ya.ar (יַ֫עַר "wood" H3293A)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6086

עֵץ

ets — tree: wood

: wood 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

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GREEK · G2588

καρδία

kardia — heart

καρδία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for לֵבָב ,לֵב ;] the heart, 1. the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life ( 2Ki.18:14, 4Ki.9:24, al.). 2. In a psychological sense, the seat of man's collective energies, the focus of personal life, the seat of the rational as well as the emotional and volitional elements in human life, hence that wherein lies the moral and religious condition of the man (DB, ii, 317f.; DGG, ii, 344a); (a) of the seat of physical life ( Jdg.19:5, Psa.101 (102):5 103 (104):15): Act.14:17, Jas.5:5; (b) of the seat of spiritual life: Mat.5:8, Mrk.7:19, Luk.1:51, Act.5:3, Rom.10:9, 10 Eph.6:5, al.; pl., Mat.9:4, Mrk.2:6, al.; opposite to στόμα, χείλεα, πρόσωπον, Mat.15:8, Mrk.7:6, Rom.10:8, 9 2Co.5:12; περιτομὴ καρδίας, Rom.2:29; ἐκ κ., Rom.6:17, 1Pe.1:22; ἀπὸ τῶν κ., Mat.18:35; ἐν ὅλῃ (ἐξ ὅλης), Mat.22:37, Mrk.12:30" (LXX) ; γινώσκειν (ἐρευνᾶν, δοκιμάζειν) τὰς κ., Luk.16:15, Rom.8:27, 1Th.2:4; to think, etc., ἐν τ. κ., Mat.9:4, Mrk.2:6, Luk.12:45, Rom.10:6; συνιέναι (νοεῖν) τῇ κ., Mat.13:15, Jhn.12:40; ἐπαχύνθη ἡ κ., Mat.13:15 (LXX); πωροῦν τὴν κ., Jhn.12:40; κ. εὐθεῖα, Act.8:21; πονηρά, Heb.3:12; ἀμετανόητος, Rom.2:5; εἶναι (ἔχειν) ἐν τῇ κ., 2Co.7:3, Php.1:7; ὀδύνη τῇ κ., Rom.9:2. 3. Of the central or innermost part of anything (of the pith of wood, Arist.): τ. γῆς, Mat.12:40 (Cremer, 343ff.). (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H730

אֶ֫רֶז

e.rez — cedar

1) cedar 1a) cedar tree 1b) cedar timber, cedar wood (in building) 1c) cedar wood (in purifications)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H215

אוֹר

or — to light

1) to be or become light, shine 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become light (day) 1a2) to shine (of the sun) 1a3) to become bright 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be illuminated 1b2) to become lighted up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give light, shine (of sun, moon, and stars) 1c2) to illumine, light up, cause to shine, shine 1c3) to kindle, light (candle, wood) 1c4) lighten (of the eyes, his law, etc) 1c5) to make shine (of the face)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H836

אָשֵׁר

a.sher — Asher

A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Gad (H1410); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Ishvi (H3440), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294); also translated "pine" or "cypress wood" at Ezk.27.6(?); Ashurite at 2Sa.2.9(?); § Asher = "happy" 1) son of Jacob and Zilpah 2) the tribe descended from Asher 3) a city east of Shechem in Manasseh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1280

בְּרִיחַ

be.ri.ach — bar

1) bar 1a) of wood 1b) of city gates 2) of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3871

לוּחַ

lu.ach — tablet

1) board, slab, tablet, plank 1a) tablets (of stone) 1b) boards (of wood) 1c) plate (of metal)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2672

חָצַב

cha.tsav — to hew

1) to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hew out, dig 1a2) to hew 1a2a) stone 1a2b) wood 1a3) to hew in pieces (metaph.) 1a4) to divide, cleave 1b) (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved 1c) (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces 1d) (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1212

בְּצַלְאֵל

be.tsal.el — Bezalel

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.31.2; son of: Uri (H0221) § Bezaleel = "in the shadow (i.e. protection) of God" 1) son of Uri and grandson of Hur; a skilled Judahite artisan in all works of metal, wood, and stone and one of the architects of the tabernacle 2) an Israelite, one of the sons of Pahath-moab, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2404

חָטַב

cha.tav — to chop

1) to cut, gather 1a) (Qal) to cut, gather (wood) 1b) (Pual) to cut, carve

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5780

עוּץ

uts — Uz

A man of the Syrians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.23; son of: Aram (H0758); brother of: Hul (H2343), Gether (H1666) and Mash (H4851) § Uz = "wooded" 1) son of Aram and grandson of Seth 2) son of Nahor by Milcah 3) an Edomite, son of Dishan and grandson of Seir 4) the country of Job; probably east and southeast of Palestine somewhere in the Arabian desert

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GREEK · G2787

κιβωτός

kibōtos — ark: covenant

κιβωτός, -οῦ, ἡ [in LXX: Gen.6:1-22 7:1-24 8:1-22 9:1-29 (תֵּבָה), elsewhere, very freq., as Exo.25:9 (10), for אָרוֹן ;] a wooden box or chest: of Noah's ark, Mat.24:38, Luk.17:27, Heb.11:7, 1Pe.3:20; of the ark of the covenant, Heb.9:4, Rev.11:19.† (AS)

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GREEK · G4094

πίναξ

pinax — platter

πίναξ, -ακος, ὁ [in LXX: 4Ma.17:7 R * ;] prop., a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles; (a) a tablet; (b) a disc, a dish: Mat.14:8, 11, Mrk.6:25, 28 Luk.11:39.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2800

חֲרֹ֫שֶׁת

cha.ro.shet — Harosheth

§ Harosheth = "woodland" a city in the north of the land of Canaan on the west coast of the lake Merom

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6756

צַלְמוֹן

tsal.mon — (Mount) Zalmon

Zalmon = "shady" a wooded hill in Samaria near Shechem Another name of e.val (עֵיבָל "(Mount )Ebal" H5858C)

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GREEK · G174

ἀκάνθινος

akanthinos — thorny

ἀκάνθινος, -ον (ἄκανθα), [in LXX: Isa.34:13 (סיר) * ;] 1. of thorns: Mrk.15:17, Jhn.19:5. 2. of acantha-wood (Hdt.; π. ap. MM, VGT, see word). † (AS)

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Historical dictionary entry

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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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