Lexical Definition

‎עֵץ‎ ʻêts (ates) tree: wood ^H:N-M
from ‎עָצָה‎

[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

• a tree (from its firmness)
• hence, wood (plural sticks)

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

See Greek: δένδρον · Κεδρών · ξύλινος · ξύλον · ῥάβδος

Extended Information

meaning of: עֵץ

• : tree

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵץ‎₃₂₉ noun masculine^{Gen 2:9} tree, trees, wood; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Gen 3:3 +, construct Gen 3:24 +, ‎עֵץֿ‎ Gen 2:16 +; suffix ‎ֵ˜עצְךָ‎ Deut 28:42, etc.; plural ‎עֵצִים‎ Judg 9:8 +, construct ‎עֲצֵי‎ Isa 7:2 +, suffix ‎עֵצֶיךָ‎ Deut 29:10*, ‎עֵצֵינוּ‎ Lam 5:4, etc.; —

1. (c. 150 t.)
a. a standing tree Gen 18:4; Gen 18:8 (J) +, Exod 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jer 17:18 = Ps 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deut 19:5; 2Kgs 6:6 ‎הָעֵצִים‎ (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judg 9:8 + 6 t. Judg 9 ‎עֵץ הַחַיִּים‎ Gen 2:9; Gen 3:22; Gen 3:24 (J), compare ‎חַיִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Prov 3:18; Prov 11:30; Prov 13:12; Prov 15:4 ‎הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 2:9; Gen 2:16 (J); ‎עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר‎ Isa 7:2 (simile), Isa 44:14; Ezek 15:2 +; ‎עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה‎ Isa 55:12; Ezek 17:24 (figurative), +; ‎עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן‎ 2Chr 2:7* ‎עֲצֵימַֿיִם‎ Ezek 31:14 ‎׳‎‎עֲצֵי י‎ Ps 104:16 ‎עֲצֵי‎ ‎עֵדֶן‎ Ezek 31:9; Ezek 31:16; Ezek 31:18 (twice in verse); ‎עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה‎ Song 4:14 of vine ‎עֵץ‎ ‎הַגֶּפֶן‎ Ezek 15:2; Ezek 15:6 ‎תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן‎ place of illicit worship Deut 12:2; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:6; Jer 3:13; 1Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 16:4; 2Kgs 17:10; Ezek 6:13; Isa 57:5; 2Chr 28:4, compare ‎עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן‎ Jer 17:2 ‎כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת‎ Ezek 20:28.
b. collective trees, ‎עֵץהַֿגָּן‎ Gen 2:16; Gen 3:1; Gen 3:2; Gen 3:8 (all J); usually later, ‎׳‎‎י‎ Gen 1:12; Gen 1:29 (twice in verse) (P), +; ‎עֵץ פְּרִי‎ fruit-bearing trees Gen 1:11 (P), Ps 148:9, compare Eccl 2:5, ‎פְּרי עֵץ‎ Exod 10:15 (J), Ezek 36:30; Lev 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22 ‎עֵץמַֿאֲכָל‎ Deut 20:20; Lev 19:23 (H), Ezek 47:12; Neh 9:25 ‎עֵץ הַזַּיִת‎ Hag 2:19 olive trees, ‎עֵץ שֶׁמֶן‎ Neh 8:15, ‎עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן‎ Isa 41:19 ‎סֲבָחעֵֿץ‎ Ps 74:5 thicket of trees; ‎עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה‎ Exod 9:25 (J), +; ‎עֵץ הַיַּעַר‎ Ezek 15:6, compare Isa 10:19; Isa 44:23 ‎כִּימֵי הָעֵץ‎ Isa 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of trees felled for building, 1Kgs 5:20*; 1Kgs 5:32* (+ ‎אֲבָנִים‎); ‎עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים‎ 2Sam 5:11 = 1Chr 14:1 + 7 t.; ‎עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים‎ Jer 52:22; Jer 52:24; Jer 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, 2Kgs 12:13* (+ ‎אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב‎), 2Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 34:11 (both + id.), Neh 2:8 +; ‎עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן‎ 1Kgs 6:23; 1Kgs 6:31; 1Kgs 6:33 compare v1Kgs 6:32 ‎עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר‎ Gen 6:14 (Noah's ark), ‎עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים‎ Exod 25:5; Exod 25:10 + 20 t. Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deut 10:3 ‎מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ‎ Neh 8:4 ‎מוֺטִת עֵץ‎ Jer 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to ‎בַּרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎); ‎כְּלִיעֵֿץ‎ article of wood Lev 11:32; Lev 15:12; Num 31:20, compare Num 35:18 (all P). Hence
b. ‎עֵצִים‎ = articles of wood Exod 7:19 (P; || ‎אֲבָנִים‎), 1Chr 29:2 so ‎עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים‎ 2Sam 6:5 (but see ‎בְּרוֺשׁ‎ near the end); specifically ‎הָעֵץ‎ = helve of axe Deut 19:5 ‎עֵץ חֲנִית(וֺׅ‎ 1Sam 17:7 Qr (Kt ‎חֵץ‎) = 1Chr 20:5; 2Sam 21:19; 2Sam 23:7 ‎עֲצֵי‎ ‎הָעֲגָלָה‎ 1Sam 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), ‎עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה‎ Judg 6:26 especially timbers of a house Zech 5:4; Hab 2:11; Lev 14:45, of a city 1Kgs 15:22 = 2Chr 16:5; Ezek 26:12 ‎עֵץ‎ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Gen 40:19 (E), Josh 8:29 (twice in verse); Josh 10:26 (twice in verse); Josh 10:27 (all J E), Deut 21:22; Deut 21:23 late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), ‎תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ‎ Esth 2:23 + 8 t. Esther.
c. of idols, ‎עֵץ וָאֶבֶן‎ Deut 4:28; Deut 28:36; Deut 28:64; Deut 29:16*; 2Kgs 19:18 = Isa 37:19; Ezek 20:32, compare Jer 2:27; Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19 so ‎עֵץ‎ alone Hos 4:12; Isa 40:20, of.Isa 44:19; Isa 45:20 ‎אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ‎ Deut 16:21.
d. (fire-) wood Josh 9:23; Josh 9:27 (J), vJosh 9:21 (P), Deut 19:5; Isa 30:33 +, read ‎עֵצִים‎ also Ezek 24:5 (for ᵑ0 ‎עצמים‎) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1Kgs 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Gen 22:7; Gen 22:9 (twice in verse); Lev 1:7 + 6 t. Leviticus (all P), 2Sam 24:22 || 1Chr 21:23, +; ‎עֲצֵי עוֺלָה‎ Gen 22:3; Gen 22:6 (P).
e. ‎עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז‎ cedar-wood, used in purifications Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52; Num 19:6 (all P). feminine ‎פִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ‎ Josh 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jer 10:8 Gie proposes ‎הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו‎ for ᵑ0 ‎הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא‎. — ‎מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ‎ Ezek 21:15* is dubious, Sm proposes ‎מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ‎, Co ‎מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז‎, Berthol ‎וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז‎; Siegf^{Kau Toy leave untranslated}.

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