Original Language Studio
Genesis 2:17
“But of the tree 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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֵץʻêts · ates
H6086 · Hebrew
H6086 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- Derivation
- from H6095 (עָצָה);
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מֵ — preposition
- עֵ֗ץ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 330 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29Genesis 1:29Genesis 2:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.