6086. ets

Strong's Lexicon

ets: Tree, wood, timber

Original Word: עֵץ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `ets
Pronunciation: ayts
Phonetic Spelling: (ates)
Definition: Tree, wood, timber
Meaning: a tree, wood

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root probably meaning to be firm

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3586 (ξύλον, xylon): Often used in the New Testament to refer to wood or a tree, as in the cross of Christ (Acts 5:30).

Usage: The Hebrew word "ets" primarily refers to a tree or wood. It is used to describe both living trees and the material derived from them, such as timber or wood for construction. The term can also metaphorically represent strength and endurance, as trees are often seen as symbols of stability and life.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, trees were vital for daily life, providing food, shelter, and materials for building and fuel. The land of Israel was known for its diverse flora, including olive, fig, and cedar trees. Trees also held religious significance, with certain trees being associated with sacred sites or used in religious rituals. The "tree of life" and the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" in the Garden of Eden are central to the biblical narrative, symbolizing life, knowledge, and the human condition.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
tree, trees, wood
NASB Translation
carpenters* (4), framework (1), gallows (9), handle (1), logs (1), shaft (3), stalks (1), stick (8), sticks (3), timber (19), timbers (5), tree (74), trees (71), wild* (1), wood (111), wooden (6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֵץ₃₂₉ noun masculine^{Genesis 2:9} tree, trees, wood; — ׳ע absolute Genesis 3:3 +, construct Genesis 3:24 +, עֵץֿ Genesis 2:16 +; suffix ֵ˜עצְךָ 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 (c. 150 t.)

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 6t. 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 לְבָנוֺן2Chron 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezekiel 31:14; ׳עֲצֵי י Psalm 104:16; עֲצֵי עֵדֶן Ezekiel 31:9,16,18 (twice in verse); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14; of vine עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן Ezekiel 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; 2Chronicles 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), +; עֵץ מְּרִי fruit#NAME?trees Genesis 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, מְּרי עֵץ 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 הַיַּעַר Ezekiel 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 5:32 (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 7t.; עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jeremiah 52:22,24; Jeremiah 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, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב), 2 Kings 22:6 2Chronicles 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 20t. 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; עֵץ חֲנִית(וֺׅ 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 2Chronicles 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 8t. 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 ᵑ0 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 6t. 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. מִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for ᵑ0 הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. — מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז, Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז; Siegf^{Kau Toy leave untranslated}.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick,

From atsah; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

see HEBREW atsah

Forms and Transliterations

בְּעֵ֣ץ בְּעֵצ֣וֹ בְּעֵצִ֗ים בַּעֲצֵ֣י בַּעֲצֵ֥י בַּעֲצֵי֩ בַּעֲצֵי־ בָּעֵ֛ץ בָּעֵ֥ץ בעץ בעצו בעצי בעצי־ בעצים הָ֣עֵצִ֔ים הָֽעֵצִ֑ים הָֽעֵצִים֒ הָֽעֵצִים֙ הָעֵ֔ץ הָעֵ֖ץ הָעֵ֗ץ הָעֵ֛ץ הָעֵ֣ץ הָעֵ֨ץ הָעֵֽץ׃ הָעֵץ֙ הָעֵץ֮ הָעֵצִ֑ים הָעֵצִ֔ים הָעֵצִ֖ים הָעֵצִ֗ים הָעֵצִ֛ים הָעֵצִ֜ים הָעֵצִ֡ים הָעֵצִ֥ים הָעֵצִֽים׃ הָעֵצִים֒ הָעֵצִים֙ העץ העץ׃ העצים העצים׃ וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים וְהָעֵצִ֖ים וְעֵ֕ץ וְעֵ֣ץ וְעֵ֤ץ וְעֵ֥ץ וְעֵ֧ץ וְעֵצִ֖ים וְעֵצִ֣ים וְעֵצִ֤ים וְעֵצִים֙ וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ וַעֲצֵ֣י וַעֲצֵ֥י וָעֵ֑ץ וּבְעֵ֥ץ וּבַעֲצֵ֥י וּבַעֲצֵ֧י וּבָעֵצִ֖ים וּבָעֵצִ֗ים וּמֵעֵ֗ץ ובעץ ובעצי ובעצים והעצים ומעץ ועץ ועצי ועציך ועצים כְּעֵ֣ץ ׀ כְּעֵץ֮ כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ כָּעֵ֣ץ כָעֵֽץ׃ כעץ כעץ׃ לְעֵ֖ץ לְעֵ֣ץ לָעֵ֗ץ לָעֵ֜ץ לָעֵץ֙ לָעֵצִ֑ים לָעֵצִ֛ים לָעֵצִֽים׃ לעץ לעצים לעצים׃ מֵעֲצֵ֖י מֵעֵ֣ץ מֵעֵ֥ץ מעץ מעצי עֲצֵ֣י עֲצֵ֤י עֲצֵ֥י עֲצֵ֧י עֲצֵ֨י עֲצֵי־ עֵ֑ץ עֵ֔ץ עֵ֖ץ עֵ֛ץ עֵ֜ץ עֵ֝֗ץ עֵ֣ץ עֵ֣ץ ׀ עֵ֤ץ עֵ֥ץ עֵ֨ץ עֵ֭צִים עֵֽץ־ עֵֽץ׃ עֵץ֙ עֵץ֮ עֵץ־ עֵצְךָ֖ עֵצִ֑ים עֵצִ֔ים עֵצִ֖ים עֵצִ֗ים עֵצִ֛ים עֵצִ֜ים עֵצִ֡ים עֵצִ֤ים עֵצִֽים׃ עֵצִים֒ עֵצִים֙ עֵצִים֮ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ עֵצֶ֔יהָ עֵצֶ֔יךָ עֵצָ֔יו עֵצָ֥יו עֵצָהּ֙ עץ עץ־ עץ׃ עצה עצי עצי־ עציה עציו עציך עצים עצים׃ עצינו עצך ‘ă·ṣê ‘ă·ṣê- ‘ăṣê ‘ăṣê- ‘ê·ṣāh ‘ê·ṣāw ‘ê·ṣe·hā ‘ê·ṣe·ḵā ‘ê·ṣə·ḵā ‘ê·ṣê·nū ‘ê·ṣîm ‘êṣ ‘êṣ- ‘êṣāh ‘êṣāw ‘êṣehā ‘êṣeḵā ‘êṣəḵā ‘êṣênū ‘êṣîm atzei ba‘ăṣê ba‘ăṣê- bā‘êṣ ba·‘ă·ṣê ba·‘ă·ṣê- bā·‘êṣ baaTzei baEtz bə‘êṣ bə‘êṣîm bə‘êṣōw bə·‘ê·ṣîm bə·‘ê·ṣōw bə·‘êṣ beEtz beeTzim beeTzo chaEtz etz eTzah eTzav etzeCha eTzeicha eTzeiha eTzeinu eTzim hā‘êṣ hā‘êṣîm hā·‘ê·ṣîm hā·‘êṣ haEtz haeTzim kā‘êṣ ḵā‘êṣ kā·‘êṣ ḵā·‘êṣ kaEtz kə‘êṣ kə·‘êṣ keEtz lā‘êṣ lā‘êṣîm lā·‘ê·ṣîm lā·‘êṣ laEtz laeTzim lə‘êṣ lə·‘êṣ leEtz mê‘ăṣê mê‘êṣ mê·‘ă·ṣê mê·‘êṣ meaTzei meEtz ū·ḇa·‘ă·ṣê ū·ḇā·‘ê·ṣîm ū·ḇə·‘êṣ ū·mê·‘êṣ ūḇa‘ăṣê ūḇā‘êṣîm ūḇə‘êṣ ūmê‘êṣ umeEtz uvaaTzei uvaeTzim uveEtz vaaTzei vaEtz veEtz veeTzayich veeTzim veHaeTzim wa‘ăṣê wā‘êṣ wa·‘ă·ṣê wā·‘êṣ wə‘êṣ wə‘êṣayiḵ wə‘êṣîm wə·‘ê·ṣa·yiḵ wə·‘ê·ṣîm wə·‘êṣ wə·hā·‘ê·ṣîm wəhā‘êṣîm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 1:11
HEB: מַזְרִ֣יעַ זֶ֔רַע עֵ֣ץ פְּרִ֞י עֹ֤שֶׂה
NAS: [and] fruit trees on the earth
KJV: [and] the fruit tree yielding
INT: yielding seed trees fruit bearing

Genesis 1:12
HEB: זֶ֙רַע֙ לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְעֵ֧ץ עֹֽשֶׂה־ פְּרִ֛י
NAS: after their kind, and trees bearing
KJV: after his kind, and the tree yielding
INT: seed their kind and trees bearing fruit

Genesis 1:29
HEB: וְאֶת־ כָּל־ הָעֵ֛ץ אֲשֶׁר־ בּ֥וֹ
NAS: and every tree which
KJV: of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit
INT: the earth and every tree which has fruit

Genesis 1:29
HEB: בּ֥וֹ פְרִי־ עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע
KJV: in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding
INT: which has fruit tree yielding seed

Genesis 2:9
HEB: הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־ עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה
NAS: every tree that is pleasing
KJV: to grow every tree that is pleasant
INT: of the ground every tree is pleasing to the sight

Genesis 2:9
HEB: וְט֣וֹב לְמַאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ
NAS: for food; the tree of life
KJV: for food; the tree of life
INT: and good food the tree of life the midst

Genesis 2:9
HEB: בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב
NAS: of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge
KJV: of the garden, and the tree of knowledge
INT: the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good

Genesis 2:16
HEB: לֵאמֹ֑ר מִכֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־ הַגָּ֖ן אָכֹ֥ל
NAS: From any tree of the garden
KJV: saying, Of every tree of the garden
INT: saying any tree of the garden may eat

Genesis 2:17
HEB: וּמֵעֵ֗ץ הַדַּ֙עַת֙ ט֣וֹב
NAS: but from the tree of the knowledge
KJV: But of the tree of the knowledge
INT: the tree of the knowledge of good

Genesis 3:1
HEB: תֹֽאכְל֔וּ מִכֹּ֖ל עֵ֥ץ הַגָּֽן׃
NAS: from any tree of the garden'?
KJV: Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
INT: eat any tree garden

Genesis 3:2
HEB: הַנָּחָ֑שׁ מִפְּרִ֥י עֵֽץ־ הַגָּ֖ן נֹאכֵֽל׃
NAS: From the fruit of the trees of the garden
KJV: of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
INT: the serpent the fruit of the trees of the garden may eat

Genesis 3:3
HEB: וּמִפְּרִ֣י הָעֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתוֹךְ־
NAS: but from the fruit of the tree which
KJV: But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst
INT: the fruit of the tree which the middle

Genesis 3:6
HEB: כִּ֣י טוֹב֩ הָעֵ֨ץ לְמַאֲכָ֜ל וְכִ֧י
NAS: saw that the tree was good
KJV: saw that the tree [was] good
INT: for was good the tree food for

Genesis 3:6
HEB: לָעֵינַ֗יִם וְנֶחְמָ֤ד הָעֵץ֙ לְהַשְׂכִּ֔יל וַתִּקַּ֥ח
NAS: to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable
KJV: to the eyes, and a tree to be desired
INT: to the eyes was desirable the tree to make wise took

Genesis 3:8
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּת֖וֹךְ עֵ֥ץ הַגָּֽן׃
NAS: God among the trees of the garden.
KJV: God amongst the trees of the garden.
INT: God among the trees of the garden

Genesis 3:11
HEB: אָ֑תָּה הֲמִן־ הָעֵ֗ץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר צִוִּיתִ֛יךָ
NAS: Have you eaten from the tree of which
KJV: Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee
INT: you from the tree of which commanded

Genesis 3:12
HEB: לִּ֥י מִן־ הָעֵ֖ץ וָאֹכֵֽל׃
NAS: [to be] with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.
KJV: gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
INT: gave from the tree ate

Genesis 3:17
HEB: וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ מִן־ הָעֵ֔ץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙
NAS: and have eaten from the tree about which
KJV: and hast eaten of the tree, of which
INT: eaten from the tree which commanded

Genesis 3:22
HEB: וְלָקַח֙ גַּ֚ם מֵעֵ֣ץ הַֽחַיִּ֔ים וְאָכַ֖ל
NAS: also from the tree of life,
KJV: and take also of the tree of life,
INT: and take also the tree of life and eat

Genesis 3:24
HEB: אֶת־ דֶּ֖רֶךְ עֵ֥ץ הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ ס
NAS: the way to the tree of life.
KJV: to keep the way of the tree of life.
INT: to guard the way to the tree of life

Genesis 6:14
HEB: לְךָ֙ תֵּבַ֣ת עֲצֵי־ גֹ֔פֶר קִנִּ֖ים
NAS: of gopher wood; you shall make
KJV: of gopher wood; rooms
INT: Make an ark wood of gopher rooms

Genesis 18:4
HEB: וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ תַּ֥חַת הָעֵֽץ׃
NAS: and rest yourselves under the tree;
KJV: and rest yourselves under the tree:
INT: and rest under the tree

Genesis 18:8
HEB: עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם תַּ֥חַת הָעֵ֖ץ וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: by them under the tree as they ate.
KJV: and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
INT: and under the tree ate

Genesis 22:3
HEB: בְּנ֑וֹ וַיְבַקַּע֙ עֲצֵ֣י עֹלָ֔ה וַיָּ֣קָם
NAS: and he split wood for the burnt offering,
KJV: and clave the wood for the burnt offering,
INT: his son split wood the burnt and arose

Genesis 22:6
HEB: אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־ עֲצֵ֣י הָעֹלָ֗ה וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙
NAS: took the wood of the burnt offering
KJV: took the wood of the burnt offering,
INT: took Abraham the wood of the burnt and laid

329 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6086
329 Occurrences

‘ă·ṣê- — 58 Occ.
ba·‘ă·ṣê — 8 Occ.
bā·‘êṣ — 2 Occ.
bə·‘êṣ — 1 Occ.
bə·‘ê·ṣîm — 1 Occ.
bə·‘ê·ṣōw — 1 Occ.
ḵā·‘êṣ — 1 Occ.
‘êṣ — 109 Occ.
‘ê·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
‘ê·ṣāw — 2 Occ.
‘ê·ṣə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
‘ê·ṣe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
‘ê·ṣe·hā — 2 Occ.
‘ê·ṣê·nū — 1 Occ.
‘ê·ṣîm — 28 Occ.
hā·‘êṣ — 31 Occ.
hā·‘ê·ṣîm — 30 Occ.
kā·‘êṣ — 2 Occ.
kə·‘êṣ — 2 Occ.
lā·‘êṣ — 3 Occ.
lā·‘ê·ṣîm — 4 Occ.
lə·‘êṣ — 3 Occ.
mê·‘ă·ṣê — 1 Occ.
mê·‘êṣ — 2 Occ.
ū·mê·‘êṣ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇa·‘ă·ṣê — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇā·‘ê·ṣîm — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇə·‘êṣ — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·ṣê — 6 Occ.
wā·‘êṣ — 1 Occ.
wə·‘êṣ — 14 Occ.
wə·‘ê·ṣa·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ê·ṣîm — 4 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ê·ṣîm — 2 Occ.