- ἐλαιών
- ἐλαιών, ῶνος, ὁ a site consisting primarily of olive trees, olive grove, olive orchard (oft. in pap since III B.C. [Dssm., NB 36ff=BS 208ff; BOlsson, Aegyptus 13, ’33, 327ff]; Strabo 16, 4, 14; LXX; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 105). This word, which has become a proper name, is surely to be read Ac 1:12 ἀπὸ ὄρους τ. καλουμένου Ἐλαιῶνος from the hill called or known as ‘The Olive Grove’ = the Mount of Olives, s. ἐλαία 1 (cp. Jos., Ant. 7, 202 διὰ τοῦ Ἐλαιῶνος ὄρους; PLond II, 214, 9f p. 161 [III A.D.] εἰς ἀμπελικὸν χωρίον καλούμενον, Ἐλαιῶνα; TestNapht 5:1; ἐν τῷ ὄρει τοῦ Ἐλαιῶνος; Just., D. 99, 2 τὸ ὄρος τὸ λεγόμενον Ἐλαιών). Therefore it is also prob. to be so understood Lk 19:29; 21:37, where the accentuation ἐλαιῶν cannot be ruled out absolutely (B-D-F §143; W-S. §10, 4; Mlt. 49; 235; Rob. 154 n. 2; 267). The name Olivet is fr. Lat. olivetum = olive grove.—GDalman, Jerusalem 1930, 21–55: Orte3 277–85 [Eng. tr 261–68]: WSchmauch, Der Oelberg: TLZ 77, ’52, 391–96; BCurtis, HUCA 28, ’57, 137–80; BHHW II 1139–40; s. also entry ἐλαία.—DELG. EDNT. M-M.
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