עֵץ

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine329 occurrences30 books288 verses

Definition

from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
Traditional renderings: carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עֵץ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

329 total
  1. Genesis 1:11עֵ֣ץ · trees
    Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
  2. Genesis 1:12וְעֵ֧ץ · and trees
    The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
  3. Genesis 1:29הָעֵ֛ץ · tree; עֵ֖ץ
    Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
  4. Genesis 2:9עֵ֛ץ · tree; וְעֵ֤ץ · [were] the tree; וְעֵ֕ץ · and the tree
    Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  5. Genesis 2:16עֵֽץ־ · tree
    And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
  6. Genesis 2:17וּמֵעֵ֗ץ · the tree
    …but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
  7. Genesis 3:1עֵ֥ץ · tree
    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
  8. Genesis 3:2עֵֽץ־ · of the trees
    The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
  9. Genesis 3:3הָעֵץ֮ · of the tree
    …but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
  10. Genesis 3:6הָעֵ֨ץ · the tree; הָעֵץ֙ · [and that it was]
    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
  11. Genesis 3:8עֵ֥ץ · the trees
    Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
  12. Genesis 3:11הָעֵ֗ץ · the tree
    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
  13. Genesis 3:12הָעֵ֖ץ · the tree
    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
  14. Genesis 3:17הָעֵ֔ץ · from the tree
    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  15. Genesis 3:22מֵעֵ֣ץ · from the tree
    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
  16. Genesis 3:24עֵ֥ץ · to the tree
    So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
  17. Genesis 6:14עֲצֵי־ · wood
    Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
  18. Genesis 18:4הָעֵֽץ׃ · the tree
    Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
  19. Genesis 18:8הָעֵ֖ץ · the tree
    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
  20. Genesis 22:3עֲצֵ֣י · the wood
    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
  21. Genesis 22:6עֲצֵ֣י · the wood
    Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
  22. Genesis 22:7וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים · and the wood
    Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
  23. Genesis 22:9הָעֵצִ֑ים · the wood; לָעֵצִֽים׃ · the wood
    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
  24. Genesis 23:17הָעֵץ֙ · the trees
    So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
  25. Genesis 40:19עֵ֑ץ · a tree
    Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
  26. Exodus 7:19וּבָעֵצִ֖ים · even in the vessels of wood
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
  27. Exodus 9:25עֵ֥ץ · tree
    Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.
  28. Exodus 10:5הָעֵ֔ץ · tree
    They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
  29. Exodus 10:15הָעֵ֔ץ · on the trees; בָּעֵ֛ץ · on any tree
    They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
  30. Exodus 15:25עֵ֔ץ · a log
    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
  31. Exodus 25:5וַעֲצֵ֥י · wood
    …ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
  32. Exodus 25:10עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
  33. Exodus 25:13עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
  34. Exodus 25:23עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
  35. Exodus 25:28עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
  36. Exodus 26:15עֲצֵ֥י · wood
    You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
  37. Exodus 26:26עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
  38. Exodus 27:1עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
  39. Exodus 27:6עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
  40. Exodus 30:1עֲצֵ֥י · wood
    “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
  41. Exodus 30:5עֲצֵ֣י · wood
    Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
  42. Exodus 31:5עֵ֑ץ · wood
    …to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.
  43. Exodus 35:7וַעֲצֵ֥י · wood
    …ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
  44. Exodus 35:24עֲצֵ֥י · wood
    And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.