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ξύλον

MainId: 003489000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ξ

StrongCodes: G3586

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003489001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ξύλον

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ξύλινος', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003489001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 3.60

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Plants

      LEXSubDomains: Wood and Wood Products

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 13:05:53

         DefinitionShort: wood as a substance

         Glosses: wood

         Comments: A number of languages make a clear distinction between wood as a substance used in artifacts and constructions and wood used for heating or cooking. A further distinction may be made between durable wood (not readily subject to rot or to the effects of termites and borers) and less durable and therefore relatively unsatisfactory wood.

      LEXReferences: 1COR 3:12, REV 18:12, REV 18:12

   2. LEXID: 003489001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 3.61

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Plants

      LEXSubDomains: Wood and Wood Products

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 13:05:53

         DefinitionShort: wood as a substance used to burn for heat

         Glosses: firewood

         Comments: ξύλον in {S:04202303100012} may also be interpreted as a live green tree (see {D:3.4}). If one assumes that the meaning here is ‘firewood,’ then it may be necessary to translate ‘wood which has not had an opportunity to dry out’ or ‘wood which is still green’ or ‘… which is still wet with sap.’

      LEXReferences: LUKE 23:31

   3. LEXID: 003489001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 3.4

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Plants

      LEXSubDomains: Trees

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 13:05:53

         DefinitionShort: large perennial plant, usually having a woody central stem, called a trunk, with secondary branches growing from it.

         Glosses: tree

         Comments: It is also possible to understand ξύλον in {S:04202303100012} as ‘firewood.’ One may therefore translate the first part of this conditional sentence as ‘if they do these things to firewood which has recently been cut’ or ‘if they do these things to firewood which hasn’t dried out’ (see {D:3.61}).|In {S:06600200700036} and {S:06602200200024} ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς ‘tree of life’ may cause certain complications if the passage is translated more or less literally ‘I will give him to eat of the tree of life.’ In some languages a literal rendering would mean ‘to gnaw on the tree of life,’ that is to say, to eat the wood or the bark. It may therefore be necessary to translate ‘to eat the fruit of the tree of life’ or ‘… the fruit from the tree that causes life’ or ‘… causes people to live.’

      LEXReferences: LUKE 23:31, GAL 3:13, REV 2:7, REV 22:2, REV 22:2, REV 22:14, REV 22:19

   4. LEXID: 003489001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 6.31

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Artifacts

      LEXSubDomains: Weapons and Armor

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 13:05:53

         DefinitionShort: a heavy stick used in fighting

         Glosses: club

      LEXReferences: MAT 26:47, MAT 26:55, MARK 14:43, MARK 14:48, LUKE 22:52

   5. LEXID: 003489001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 6.21

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Artifacts

      LEXSubDomains: Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 13:05:53

         DefinitionShort: an instrument consisting of heavy blocks of wood through which the legs were placed and then securely fastened

         Glosses: stocks

         Comments: Stocks were employed primarily as an instrument for imprisonment, but also as a means of punishment.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 16:24

   6. LEXID: 003489001006000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 6.28

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Artifacts

      LEXSubDomains: Instruments Used in Punishment and Execution

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 13:05:53

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:ξύλον}[a] ‘wood,’ {D:3.60}) an instrument of execution.

         Glosses: cross

         Comments: Outside the NT ξύλον[f] often refers to a gallows, but in the NT contexts speaking of capital punishment, the reference is to the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 5:30, ACTs 10:39, ACTs 13:29, 1PET 2:24