Dictionary of Bible Themes: 4492 olive

4492 olive

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An evergreen tree native to the Near East. Also the fruit of this tree, for which it is cultivated. The fruit can be eaten or pressed to produce oil for food or other uses.

Olive oil

Olives pressed to produce oil

Olive oil in food use

Ezekiel 16:13 See also Numbers 18:11-13; Deuteronomy 8:6-9; 1 Chronicles 27:28; 2 Chronicles 11:5-11; Job 29:4-6

Olive oil used in the tabernacle

Leviticus 24:2 See also Exodus 25:1-7; Exodus 30:22-33; Exodus 35:4-9,28

Offerings of olive oil

Exodus 29:38-41 See also Numbers 18:12-13; Numbers 28:3-8; Ezra 7:21-23; Ezekiel 16:19

Payment, tribute and trade in olive oil

1 Kings 5:10-11 See also 2 Chronicles 2:8-10,15-16; Hosea 12:1; Luke 16:1-8; Revelation 18:11-13

Olive trees

Olive trees cultivated for their fruit

Haggai 2:19 See also Genesis 8:11; Deuteronomy 28:38-40; 2 Kings 18:31-32; Isaiah 41:19; Amos 4:9

Wild olive trees

Nehemiah 8:15 See also Romans 11:24

Olive trees in visions

Revelation 11:3-6 See also Zechariah 4:1-14

Metaphorical references to olive trees

Psalm 52:8 See also Judges 9:8-9; Job 15:33; Psalm 128:3; Isaiah 17:4-6; Isaiah 24:10-13; Jeremiah 11:16-17; Hosea 14:5-6; Romans 11:1-36 the grafting of olive trees

Olive groves

Exodus 23:10-11 See also Deuteronomy 6:10-11; Joshua 24:13; Judges 15:4-5; 1 Samuel 8:11-14; Nehemiah 5:9-11; Nehemiah 9:25; John 18:1-3

Olive wood

1 Kings 6:23-28 See also 1 Kings 6:31-35