What does ἔλαιον · οἶνος mean in the Bible?
ἔλαιον · οἶνος is a Greek phrase meaning "oil and wine".
Greek · G1637, G3631
ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον
Olive oil · "wine" (literally or figuratively)
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ἔλαιονG1637olive oil
Pronunciationélaion
Essential commodity with practical uses: lamps, healing ointment, ceremonial anointing, feast hospitality.
Open lexicon entry →οἶνοςG3631"wine" (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciationoînos
Fermented grape beverage; figuratively represents God's wrath or judgment in apocalyptic contexts.
Open lexicon entry →What does ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον (elaion kai oinon) mean in the Bible?
ἔλαιον · οἶνος is a Greek phrase meaning "oil and wine".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1637, G3631?
G1637, G3631 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. oil and wine
Source Gloss
oil and wine
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms11Case patternAccusative (6)Number patternSingular (11)
Genitive · Singular · NeuterMatt 25:8 · Luke 16:62×
Dative · Singular · NeuterMark 6:13 · Luke 7:46 · Jas 5:143×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterMatt 25:3 · Matt 25:4 · Luke 10:34 · Heb 1:9 · Rev 6:6 · Rev 18:136×
Word Origins
ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.