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עֵץ
ʻêts · Hebrew · Strong's H6086 · 329 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “staff”
What it means
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
from H6095 (עָצָה);
How the KJV renders it
gallows, helve, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“staff”
“tree”
“stock”
“stick”
also renders phrýganon (G5434), dâbaq (H1692)
“plank”
also renders tsêlâʻ (H6763)
“timber”
also renders ʼâʻ (H636)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is tithing required for Christians?
- What does Malachi 3:10 mean about the tithe?
- Is the soul naturally immortal, or can it die?
- What did Jesus promise the thief on the cross (Luke 23:43)?
Where it appears
329 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 14:1 · HC/Ncmpc
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
1 Chronicles 16:33 · HNcmpc
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth.
1 Chronicles 20:5 · HC/Ncmsc
Again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
1 Chronicles 21:23 · HRd/Ncmpa
Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all.”
1 Chronicles 22:4 · HC/Ncmpc
and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
1 Chronicles 22:14 · HC/Ncmpa
Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
1 Chronicles 22:15 HC/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 29:2 HC/Td/Ncmpa1 Kings 4:33 HTd/Ncmpa1 Kings 5:6 HNcmpa1 Kings 5:8 HC/R/Ncmpc1 Kings 5:10 HC/Ncmpc1 Kings 5:18 HTd/Ncmpa1 Kings 6:10 HR/Ncmpc1 Kings 6:15 HNcmsa1 Kings 6:23 HNcmpc1 Kings 6:31 HNcmpc1 Kings 6:32 HNcmpc1 Kings 6:33 HNcmpc1 Kings 6:34 HNcmpc1 Kings 9:11 HC/R/Ncmpc1 Kings 10:11 HNcmpc1 Kings 10:12 HNcmpc1 Kings 14:23 HNcmsa1 Kings 15:22 HNcmpc/Sp3fs1 Kings 17:10 HNcmpa1 Kings 17:12 HNcmpa1 Kings 18:23 HTd/Ncmpa1 Kings 18:33 HTd/Ncmpa1 Kings 18:34 HTd/Ncmpa1 Kings 18:38 HTd/Ncmpa1 Samuel 6:14 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 2:8 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 2:9 HNcmpa2 Chronicles 2:10 HTd/Ncmpa2 Chronicles 2:14 HC/Rd/Ncmpa2 Chronicles 2:16 HNcmpa2 Chronicles 3:5 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 9:10 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 9:11 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 16:6 HNcmpc/Sp3fs2 Chronicles 28:4 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 34:11 HC/Ncmpa2 Kings 3:19 HNcmsa2 Kings 3:25 HNcmsa2 Kings 6:4 HTd/Ncmpa2 Kings 6:6 HNcmsa2 Kings 12:11 HTd/Ncmsa2 Kings 12:12 HNcmpa2 Kings 16:4 HNcmsa2 Kings 17:10 HNcmsa2 Kings 19:18 HNcmsa2 Kings 22:6 HNcmpa2 Samuel 5:11 HC/Ncmpc2 Samuel 6:5 HNcmpc2 Samuel 21:19 HC/Ncmsc2 Samuel 23:7 HC/Ncmsc2 Samuel 24:22 HRd/NcmpaDeuteronomy 4:28 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 10:1 HNcmsa
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