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.†
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