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Strong's #6086 - עֵץ
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- tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows
- tree, trees
- wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax
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1363) yo (אהתס AhTs) AC: Firm CO: Tree AB: ?: The upright and firmness of the tree.
A) yo (אהתס AhTs) AC: ? CO: Tree AB: ?: The upright and firmness of the tree. The elders of the tribe were the upright and firm ones making decisions and giving advice.
Nm) yo (אהתס AhTs) - Wood: A tree or the wood from the tree. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (333): tree, wood, timber, stick, gallows, staff, stock, branch, helve, plank, stalk - Strongs: H636 (אָע), H6086 (עֵץ)
Nf1) eyo (אהתסה AhTsH) - I. Tree: II. Counsel:As the firm support of the community. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (90): tree, counsel, purpose, advice - Strongs: H5843 (עֵטָה), H6097 (עֵצָה), H6098 (עֵצָה)
H) eyo (אהתסה AhTsH) AC: ? CO: Spine AB: ?: The elders of the tribe were the upright and firm ones, like trees, making decisions and giving advice.
V) eyo (אהתסה AhTsH) - Counsel: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) shut - Strongs: H6095 (עָצָה)
Nm) eyo (אהתסה AhTsH) - Spine: The tree of the body which provides its uprightness. KJV (1): backbone - Strongs: H6096 (עָצֶה)
J) yfo (אהותס AhWTs) AC: Counsel CO: ? AB: ?: The elders of the tribe were the upright and firm ones, like trees, making decisions and giving advice.
V) yfo (אהותס AhWTs) - Counsel: KJV (2): (vf: Paal) counsel, advice - Strongs: H5779 (עוּץ)
L) yoi (יאהתס YAhTs) AC: Counsel CO: ? AB: ?: The elders of the tribe were the upright and firm ones, like trees, making decisions and giving advice.
V) yoi (יאהתס YAhTs) - Counsel: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (83): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Participle) counsel, counselor, consult, give, purpose, advice, determine, devise - Strongs: H3272 (יְעַט), H3289 (יָעַץ)
af1) eyofm (מואהתסה MWAhTsH) - Counsel: KJV (7): counsel, devise - Strongs: H4156 (מוֹעֵצָה)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 (c. 150t.)
a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4,8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 6t. Judges 9; עֵץ הַחַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22,24 (J), compare חַיִּים׳ע figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע׳ע Genesis 2:9,16 (J); עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Isaiah 7:2 (simile), Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן 2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezekiel 31:14; ׳עֲצֵי י Psalm 104:16; עֲצֵיעֵדֶן Ezekiel 31:9,16,18 (twice in verse); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Song of Solomon 4:14; of vine עֵץהַגֶּפֶן Ezekiel 15:2,6; תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6,13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן Jeremiah 17:2; כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת Ezekiel 20:28.
b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּן Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:1,2,8 (all J); usually later, ׳י Genesis 1:12,29 (twice in verse) (P), +; עֵץ מְּרִי fruit#NAME? trees Genesis 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, מְּרי עֵץ Exodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָל Deuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; עֵץ הַזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 olive trees, עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Nehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן Isaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץ Psalm 74:5 thicket of trees; עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה Exodus 9:25 (J), +; עֵץ הַיַּעַר Ezekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 44:23; כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Isaiah 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20; 1 Kings 5:32 (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 7t.; עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jeremiah 52:22,24; Jeremiah 9:11; ׅ׳עֲצֵי לְמֻגִּים (אַלְגּ, see ׳אַלְגּ above
2 (approximately 175 times; approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood)
a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב), 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1 Kings 6:23,31,33compare 1 Kings 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Genesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים Exodus 25:5,10 20t. Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ Nehemiah 8:4; מוֺטִת עֵץ Jeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to בַּרְזֶל׳מ); כְּלִיעֵֿץ article of wood Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare Numbers 35:18 (all P). Hence
b.עֵצִים = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; "" אֲבָנִים), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁ near the end); specifically הָעֵץ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; עֵץ חֲנִית(וֺׅ 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:7; עֲצֵיהָעֲגָלָה 1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Judges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:26 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22,23; late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ Esther 2:23 8t. Esther.
c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36,64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of. Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 45:20; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ Deuteronomy 16:21.
d. (fire-) wood Joshua 9:23,27 (J), Joshua 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ezekiel 24:5 (for ᵑ0עצמים) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7,9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 6t. Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 "" 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עֲצֵי עוֺלָה Genesis 22:3,6 (P).
e.עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4,6,49,51,52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).
f. מִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for ᵑ0הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. — מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז, Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז; Siegf Kau Toy leave untranslated.
עֵץ plur. עֵצִים, const. עֲצֵי m.
(1) a tree (Arabic عَصًا a staff, a bone; compare the Gr. ὄζος, a branch, and ὄστεον (Sansc. asthi), Lat. hasta. For wood there is commonly used in Arabic the cognate form عُودُ Hebr. עֵץ follows the analogy of the verb עָצָה to be hard, firm. Chald. with the letters softened, has אָע wood). עֵץ הַחַיִּים tree of life (see חַי ), Genesis 2:9. Often collect, trees. עֵץ פְּרִי fruitbearing trees, Genesis 1:11.
(2) wood, specially of a wooden post, stake, gibbet, Genesis 40:19; Deuteronomy 21:22; Joshua 10:26 used of a wooden idol, Jeremiah 2:27. Pl. עֵצִים wood, sticks, logs for fuel, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:9; Leviticus 1:7, 4:12 used of materials for building, Exodus 25:10; 1 Kings 6:23, 31 1 Kings 6:31, 32 1 Kings 6:32. Compare עֵצָה No. 1.