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זַיִת H2132
H2132 is the Hebrew word זַיִת, transliterated zayith and said zay'-yith. The King James Version most often renders it olive.
What it means
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry.
Where it comes from
probably from an unused root (akin to H2099 (זִו)).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
Verses using זַיִת
All 33 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 8:11 · KJV
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Exodus 27:20 · KJV
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus 30:24 · KJV
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Leviticus 24:2 · KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Deuteronomy 6:11 · KJV
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Deuteronomy 8:8 · KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Deuteronomy 24:20 · KJV
When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy 28:40 · KJV
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Joshua 24:13 · KJV
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
Judges 9:8 · KJV
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Judges 9:9 · KJV
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
1 Samuel 8:14 · KJV
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
2 Samuel 15:30 · KJV
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Kings 5:26 · KJV
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
2 Kings 18:32 · KJV
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
1 Chronicles 27:28 · KJV
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
Nehemiah 5:11 · KJV
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Nehemiah 8:15 · KJV
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah 9:25 · KJV
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Psalm 52:8 · KJV
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Psalm 128:3 · KJV
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Isaiah 17:6 · KJV
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Isaiah 24:13 · KJV
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
Jeremiah 11:16 · KJV
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Hosea 14:6 · KJV
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Amos 4:9 · KJV
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Micah 6:15 · KJV
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Habakkuk 3:17 · KJV
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Haggai 2:19 · KJV
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Zechariah 4:3 · KJV
And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Zechariah 4:11 · KJV
Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
Zechariah 4:12 · KJV
And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
Zechariah 14:4 · KJV
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2132 mean?
H2132 is the Hebrew word זַיִת (zayith), meaning an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry.
How is H2132 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it olive (10 times), olive tree (7 times), olive trees (5 times), oliveyards (5 times), olives (3 times), among others.
How many times does H2132 appear in the Bible?
זַיִת (zayith) is tagged in 33 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2132 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from an unused root (akin to H2099 (זִו)).
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