ἔλαιον

ἔλαιον — élaion

ἔλαιον, ἐλαίου, τό (from Homer down), the Sept. chiefly for שֶׁמֶן, also for יִצְהָר; olive-oil: used for feeding lamps, Matthew 25:3f, 8; for healing the sick, Mar 6:13; Luk 10:34; Jas 5:14; for anointing the head and body at feasts (Athen. 15, c. 11) (cf. under the word μύρον), Luk 7:46; Heb 1:9 (on which passage see ἀγαλλίασις); mentioned among articles of commerce, Luk 16:6; Rev 6:6; Rev 18:13. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Oel; Furrer in Schenkel 4:354; Schnedermann, Die Biblical Symbolik des Oelbaumes u. d. Oeles, in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1874, p. 4ff; (B. D., under the word, II. 4; and Meyer edition Weiss on Mar 6:13).