Know the Word.

Hebrew word

zayith

zay'-yith

זַיִת

What it means

an olive, the tree, the branch or the berry

an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry

Where it comes from

probably from an unused root (akin to Ziv (זִו))

How the King James translates it

  • olive12
  • tree8
  • trees6
  • oliveyards5
  • olives3
  • olivet1

Every place it appears 35

Genesis8:11
Leviticus24:2
Joshua24:13
Judges9:89:9
1 Samuel8:14
2 Samuel15:30
2 Kings5:2618:32
1 Chronicles27:28
Nehemiah5:118:159:25
Psalms52:8128:3
Isaiah17:624:13
Jeremiah11:16
Hosea14:6
Amos4:9
Micah6:15
Habakkuk3:17
Haggai2:19