Olive Tree Olives

Olive Tree Olives

1: ἐλαία (Strong'S #1636 — Noun Feminine — elaia — el-ah'-yah )

denotes (a) "an olive tree,"  Romans 11:17,24;  Revelation 11:4 (plural); the Mount of Olives was so called from the numerous olive trees there, and indicates the importance attached to such; the Mount is mentioned in the Nt in connection only with the Lord's life on earth,   Matthew 21:1;  24:3;  26:30;  Mark 11:1;  13:3;  14:26;  Luke 19:37;  22:39;  John 8:1; (b) "an olive,"  James 3:12 , Rv (Av, "olive berries").

2: ἐλαιών (Strong'S #1638 — Noun Masculine — elaion — el-ah-yone' )

"an olive grove" or "olive garden," the ending -- on, as in this class of noun, here indicates "a place set with trees of the kind designated by the primitive" (Thayer); hence it is applied to the Mount of Olives,  Luke 19:29;  21:37;  Acts 1:12 ("Olivet"): in the first two of these and in   Mark 11:1 , some mss. have the form of the noun as in No. 1.

3: καλλιέλαιος (Strong'S #2565 — Noun Feminine — kallielaios — kal-le-el'-ah-yos )

"the garden olive" (from kallos, "beauty," and No. 1), occurs in  Romans 11:24 , "a good olive tree."

4: ἀγριέλαιος (Strong'S #65 — Adjective — agrielaios — ag-ree-el'-ah-yos )

an adjective (from agrios, "growing in the fields, wild," and No. 1), denoting "of the wild olive," is used as a noun in  Romans 11:17,24 , "a wild olive tree" (Rv, in the latter verse).