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ξύλον G3586

G3586 is the Greek word ξύλον, transliterated xýlon. The King James Version most often renders it tree.

Word: ξύλονTransliteration: xýlonLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance.

Where it comes from

from another form of the base of G3582 (ξέστης).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

tree 7×staves 4×wood 3×

Strong's own list of renderings: staff, stocks, tree, wood.

Verses using ξύλον

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 26:47 · KJV

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Matthew 26:55 · KJV

In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

Mark 14:43 · KJV

And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Mark 14:48 · KJV

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

Luke 23:31 · KJV

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Acts 13:29 · KJV

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

1 Corinthians 3:12 · KJV

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

1 Peter 2:24 · KJV

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Revelation 2:7 · KJV

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 18:12 · KJV

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Revelation 22:2 · KJV

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:14 · KJV

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Common questions

What does Strong's G3586 mean?

G3586 is the Greek word ξύλον (xýlon), meaning timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance.

How is G3586 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it tree (7 times), staves (4 times), wood (3 times).

How many times does G3586 appear in the Bible?

ξύλον (xýlon) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G3586 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from another form of the base of G3582 (ξέστης).

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