wood

Greek Noun Neuter

ξύλον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for עֵץ;] 1) wood: 1Co.3:12, Rev.18:12. 2) a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as, (a) a cudgel, staff: pl, Mat.26:47, 55, Mrk.14:43, 48, Luk.22:52; (b) stocks, for confining the feet (Job.33:11, סַד): Act.16:24; (with) a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deu.21:22-23), in NT, of the Cross: Act.5:30 10:39 13:29, Gal.3:13, 1Pe.2:24. 3) In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (Gen.1:29, Isa.14:8, al.): Luk.23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Rev.2:7 22:2, 14 22:19. (AS)

wood

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ξύλον [ῠ], τό (plural spelt ξύλεα [Refs 5th c.BC+], wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber, etc, [Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly in plural, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. νήϊα ship-timber, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. τετράγωνα logs cut square, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) in plural, also, the wood-market, ἐπὶ ξύλα ἰέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) in singular, piece of wood, log, beam, post, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. σύκινον spoon made of fig wood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; peg or lever, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; perch, ἐπὶ ξύλου καθεύδειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵπποιο κακὸν ξ, of the Trojan horse, [Refs 6th c.AD+] II.2) cudgel, club, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ ξύλων εἰσπηδῆσαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξύλοις συντρίψειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the club of Heracles, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.3) an instrument of punishment, II.3.a) wooden collar, put on the neck of the prisoner, ξύλῳ φιμοῦν τὸν αὐχένα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or, II.3.b) stocks, in which the feet were confined, [NT+5th c.BC+]: also in plural, ἔδησεν ἐν τοῖς ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.c) πεντεσύριγγον ξύλον (see. entry) was a combination of both, with holes for the neck, arms, and legs, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3.d) gallows, κρεμάσαι τινὰ ἐπὶ ξύλου [LXX]; ξ. δίδυμον[LXX] i.e. if one must be hanged, at least let it be on a noble tree, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in NT, of the cross, [NT] II.3.e) stake on which criminals were impaled, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.4) bench, table, especially money-changer's table, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.5) πρῶτον ξύλον front bench in the Athenian theatre, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the official who had to take care of the seats, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.6) the Hippocratic bench, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) of live wood, tree, [ὄρος] δασὺ πολλοῖς καὶ παντοδαποῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ξύλοις [LXX+5th c.BC+]; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου, of cotton, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) of persons, blockhead, [Refs]; of a stubborn person, σίδηρός τις ἢ ξ. πρὸς τὰς δεήσεις [Refs 3rd c.AD+] V) a measure oflength, = 3 (also 2 2/3) cubits, the side of the ναύβιον, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 23.4,11, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance; staff, stocks, tree, wood; from another form of the base of g3582 (ξέστης)