Words the Bible translates as olive oil
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- elaionἔλαιονolive oil: the plain oil pressed from olives, the everyday staple burned in lamps, rubbed on the body, and traded by the jarful
- yitsharיִצְהָרfresh oil: the newly pressed olive oil of the harvest, counted among a land's staple produce with grain and new wine
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