Usually translated as
wood, tree, timber, stick, gallows, staff, stock, carpenter, helve, pine, plank, stalk
Occurrences
ʻêts occurs 329 times in 287 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (25), Exodus (30), Leviticus (20), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (7), Judges (10), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (22), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (11), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (8), Esther (8), Job (4), Psalms (6), Proverbs (6), Ecclesiastes (4), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (17), Jeremiah (15), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (31), Hosea (1), Joel (3), Habakkuk (2), Haggai (2), Zechariah (2)
- Genesis 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree (עֵ֣ץ) yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree (וְעֵ֧ץ) yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree (הָעֵ֛ץ), in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
- Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree (עֵ֖ץ) yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
- Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree (עֵ֛ץ) that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree (וְעֵ֤ץ) of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree (וְעֵ֕ץ) of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:16 — And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree (עֵֽץ) of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- Genesis 2:17 — But of the tree (וּמֵעֵ֗ץ) of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree (עֵ֥ץ) of the garden?
- Genesis 3:2 — And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees (עֵֽץ) of the garden:
- Genesis 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree (הָעֵץ֮) which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree (הָעֵ֨ץ) was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree (הָעֵץ֙) to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees (עֵ֥ץ) of the garden.
- Genesis 3:11 — And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree (הָעֵ֗ץ), whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
- Genesis 3:12 — And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree (הָעֵ֖ץ), and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree (הָעֵ֔ץ), of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree (מֵעֵ֣ץ) of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree (עֵ֥ץ) of life.
- Genesis 6:14 — Make thee an ark of gopher wood (עֲצֵי); rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
- Genesis 18:4 — Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree (הָעֵֽץ):
- Genesis 18:8 — And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree (הָעֵ֖ץ), and they did eat.
- Genesis 22:3 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood (עֲצֵ֣י) for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:6 — And Abraham took the wood (עֲצֵ֣י) of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
- Genesis 22:7 — And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood (וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים): but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
- Genesis 22:9 — And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order (הָעֵצִ֑ים), and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Genesis 22:9 — And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood (לָעֵצִֽים).
- Genesis 23:17 — And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees (הָעֵץ֙) that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
- Genesis 40:19 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree (עֵ֑ץ); and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
- Exodus 7:19 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood (וּבָעֵצִ֖ים), and in vessels of stone.
- Exodus 9:25 — And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree (עֵ֥ץ) of the field.
- Exodus 10:5 — And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree (הָעֵ֔ץ) which groweth for you out of the field:
- Exodus 10:15 — For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees (הָעֵ֔ץ) which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 10:15 — For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees (בָּעֵ֛ץ), or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 15:25 — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree (עֵ֔ץ), which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
- Exodus 25:5 — And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood (וַעֲצֵ֥י),
- Exodus 25:10 — And they shall make an ark of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י): two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- Exodus 25:13 — And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י), and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 25:23 — Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י): two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- Exodus 25:28 — And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י), and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
- Exodus 26:15 — And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֥י) standing up.
- Exodus 26:26 — And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י); five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
- Exodus 27:1 — And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י), five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
- Exodus 27:6 — And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י), and overlay them with brass.
- Exodus 30:1 — And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֥י) shalt thou make it.
- Exodus 30:5 — And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood (עֲצֵ֣י), and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 31:5 — And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber (עֵ֑ץ), to work in all manner of workmanship.
- Exodus 35:7 — And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood (וַעֲצֵ֥י),
- Exodus 35:24 — Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood (עֲצֵ֥י) for any work of the service, brought it.