עֵץ
Transliteration
ʿēṣ
Pronunciation
ates
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָצָה (H6095)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1670a

Strong’s Definitions

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


KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x

The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x
The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).
  1. tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows

    1. tree, trees

    2. wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
STRONGS H6086: Abbreviations
עֵץ 329 noun masculineGenesis 2:9 tree, trees, wood; — ע׳ absolute Genesis 3:3 +, construct Genesis 3:24 +, עֵץֿ Genesis 2:16 +; suffix עֵֽצְךָ Deuteronomy 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִים Judges 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵי Isaiah 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָ Deuteronomy 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4, etc.; —
1. (approximately + 150 times)
a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4, 8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 + 6 times Judges 9; עֵץ הַחַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22, 24 (J), compare חַיִּים ע׳ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע ע׳ Genesis 2:9, 16 (J); עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Isaiah 7:2 (simile), Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן 2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezekiel 31:14; עֲצֵי י׳ Psalm 104:16; עֲצֵי עֵדֶןEzekiel 31:9, 16, 18 (twice in verse); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14; of vine עֵץ הַגֶּפֶןEzekiel 15:2, 6; תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship † Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6, 13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן Jeremiah 17:2; כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת Ezekiel 20:28.
b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּן Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:1, 2, 8 (all J); usually later, י׳ Genesis 1:12, 29 (twice in verse) (P), +; פְּרִי פְּרִיעֵץ fruittrees Genesis 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, עֵץ פְּרִי Exodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָל Deuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; עֵץ הַזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 olive trees, עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Nehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן Isaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץ Psalm 74:5 thicket of trees; עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה Exodus 9:25 (J), +; עֵץ הַיַּעַרEzekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 44:23; כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Isaiah 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; 1 Kings 5:32 [1 Kings 5:32] (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 + 7 times; עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jeremiah 52:22, 24; Jeremiah 9:11; (אַלְגּ׳) אַלְמֻגִּים עֲצֵי, see אַלְגּ׳ above.
2. (approximately 175 times; with approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood).
a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב), 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 33 compare 1 Kings 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Genesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים Exodus 25:5, 10 + 20 times Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ Nehemiah 8:4; מוֺטִת עֵץ Jeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to בַּרְזֶל מ׳); כְּלִיעֵֿץ article of wood Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare Numbers 35:18 (all P). Hence
b. עֵצִים = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; || אֲבָנִים), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁ near the end); specifically הָעֵץ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; (וֹ)חֲנִית עֵץ 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:7; עֲצֵי הָעֲגָלָה 1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Judges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:26 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22, 23; late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ Esther 2:23 + 8 times Esther.
† c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36, 64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of.Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 45:20; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ Deuteronomy 16:21.
d. (fire-)wood Joshua 9:23, 27 (J), Joshua 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ezekiel 24:5 (for MT עצמים) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7, 9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 + 6 times Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 || 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עֲצֵי עוֺלָה Genesis 22:3, 6 (P).
e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).
f. הָעֵץ פִּשְׁתֵּי Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for MT הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. — מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז, Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז; SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H636.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

Genesis 1:11; Genesis 1:12; Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 2:16; Genesis 2:16; Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 3:2; Genesis 3:3; Genesis 3:8; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 3:24; Genesis 3:24; Genesis 6:14; Genesis 18:4; Genesis 18:8; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 22:6; Genesis 22:7; Genesis 22:9; Genesis 40:19

Exodus

Exodus 7:19; Exodus 9:25; Exodus 10:15; Exodus 15:25; Exodus 25:5; Exodus 25:10

Leviticus

Leviticus 1:7; Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 14:4; Leviticus 14:6; Leviticus 14:45; Leviticus 14:49; Leviticus 14:51; Leviticus 14:52; Leviticus 15:12; Leviticus 19:23; Leviticus 23:40

Numbers

Numbers 19:6; Numbers 31:20; Numbers 35:18

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 10:3; Deuteronomy 12:2; Deuteronomy 16:21; Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 20:20; Deuteronomy 21:22; Deuteronomy 21:23; Deuteronomy 28:36; Deuteronomy 28:42; Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 29:10; Deuteronomy 29:16

Joshua

Joshua 2:6; Joshua 8:29; Joshua 9:21; Joshua 9:23; Joshua 9:27; Joshua 10:26; Joshua 10:27

Judges

Judges 6:26; 9; Judges 9:8; Judges 9:8

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 17:7

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:7; 2 Samuel 24:22

1 Kings

1 Kings 5:6; 1 Kings 6:23; 1 Kings 6:31; 1 Kings 6:32; 1 Kings 6:33; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 15:22; 1 Kings 18:23

2 Kings

2 Kings 6:6; 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 19:18; 2 Kings 22:6

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 14:1; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Chronicles 21:23; 1 Chronicles 29:2

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 2:7; 2 Chronicles 16:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4; 2 Chronicles 34:11

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 8:15; Nehemiah 9:25

Esther

Esther 2:23

Psalms

Psalms 1:3; Psalms 74:5; Psalms 104:16; Psalms 148:9

Proverbs

Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 2:5

Song of Songs

Song of Songs 4:14

Isaiah

Isaiah 7:2; Isaiah 7:2; Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 37:19; Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 44:14; Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 65:22

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 3:13; Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 17:2; Jeremiah 17:18; Jeremiah 28:13; Jeremiah 52:22; Jeremiah 52:24

Lamentations

Lamentations 5:4

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 15:2; Ezekiel 15:2; Ezekiel 15:6; Ezekiel 15:6; Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 20:28; Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 21:15; Ezekiel 24:5; Ezekiel 26:12; Ezekiel 31:9; Ezekiel 31:14; Ezekiel 31:16; Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 36:30; Ezekiel 47:12

Hosea

Hosea 4:12

Joel

Joel 2:22

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:11; Habakkuk 2:19

Haggai

Haggai 2:19

Zechariah

Zechariah 5:4