- ἔλαιον
- ἔλαιον, ου, τό (Hom.+)① oil extracted from the fruit of the olive tree, olive oilⓐ the general term: Lk 16:6; w. wine and flour (cp. Dt 7:13; 11:14; 28:51; 2 Ch 31:5; Ezk 16:19 al.) Rv 18:13; w. wine Hm 11:15; D 13:6.—For illumination: in lamps (Philo, Aet. M. 91) Mt 25:3f, 8.—For treating of wounds (Is 1:6) Lk 10:34 (used w. wine, as e.g. Theophr., HP 9, 12 ἐν οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ; Hobart 28f) and otherw. for healing Mk 6:13; Js 5:14 (on kind of oil New Docs 4, 248; s. on ἀλείφω 1 and cp. SIG 1170, 27.—Artem. 4, 82 a seemingly dead man is brought back to life by being anointed with warm oil).ⓑ esp. used for anointing (Posidon.: 87 Fgm. 10 Jac.; Jos., Bell. 5, 565) Lk 7:46 (cp. 4 Km 9:6; Ps 22:5). Fig. ἔχρισέν σε ὁ θεὸς ἔ. ἀγαλλιάσεως God anointed you w. the oil of gladness Hb 1:9 (Ps 44:8). ἔ. ἁμαρτωλῶν oil of sinners 1 Cl 56:5 (Ps 140:5).② the effect for the cause: olive orchard τὸ ἔ. καὶ τὸν οἶνον μὴ ἀδικήσῃς do not harm the olive orchard and the vineyard Rv 6:6 (s. SReinach, RevArch 3d s. 39, 1901, 350–74; JMoffatt, Exp. 7th ser. 6, 1908, 359–69; SKrauss, ZNW 10, 1909, 81–89; AvHarnack, Erforschtes u. Erlebtes 1924, 53ff).—Dalman, Arbeit, under ἄρτος 1a. BHHW II 1336–39.—B. 380. Frisk. M-M. TW.
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