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ets H6086

עֵץ (ets) means “tree: wood” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עֵץ Hebrew · H6086 330 tagged occurrences in 288 verses

Pronunciation guide: ates Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6086G

עֵץ · ets · tree: wood

: wood 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

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TBESH · H6086H

עֵץ · ets · tree

: tree 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

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TBESH · H6086I

עֵץ · ets · tree: stick

: stick/log 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

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TBESH · H6086J

עֵץ · ets · tree: stake

: stake/shaft 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

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TBESH · H6086K

עֵץ · ets · tree: carpenter

: carpenter/wood(worker) 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H6095 (עָצָה); a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

KJV glosses: [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

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How translators render H6086

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
wood	62
tree	27
the trees	25
trees	20
the wood	13
of wood	11
logs	9
the tree	9
timber	9
a tree	6
the gallows	6
among the trees	5
and wood	4
is a tree	4
like a tree	4
stick	4
for the wood	3
of the trees	3
the stick	3
and the timbers	2
and the trees	2
and trees	2
from the tree	2
gods of wood	2
its timbers	2
made of wood	2
sticks	2
the shaft	2
then the trees	2
wooden	2
a gallows	1
a high wooden	1
a log	1
a stick	1
a wood	1
among the stalks	1
and he had the gallows	1
and that it was	1
and the tree	1
and the wood	1
and there was a wooden	1
and timber	1
and with the wood	1
any other	1
are the trees	1
as a stick	1
as well as timbers	1
can wood	1
carpenters	1
either in a tree	1
even in the vessels of wood	1
for a tree	1
from the trees	1
from the woodwork	1
in a woodpile	1
is a gallows	1
its trees	1
kind of tree	1
like trees	1
lumber	1
of a tree	1
of the tree	1
of trees	1
of wood instruments	1
on any tree	1
on the trees	1
one day the trees	1
or with the shaft	1
our wood	1
out of the timber	1
some trees	1
such stick	1
the handle	1
the logs	1
the timber	1
their wooden idols	1
to a tree	1
to the tree	1
to wood	1
tree down	1
under loads of wood	1
were of wood	1
were the tree	1
when the sticks	1
where it	1
with	1
with beams	1
your trees	1
your wood	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
wood	53
tree	29
trees	26
of wood	15
timber	8
the wood	7
a tree	6
of the tree	6
the trees	6
every tree	4
of a tree	4
stick	4
all the trees	3
among the trees	3
and all the trees	3
and the tree	3
and timber	3
of the trees	3
on the gallows	3
on wood	3
over the trees	3
sticks	3
the tree	3
upon the wood	3
and every tree	2
and the staff	2
and the timber	2
and the trees	2
and the wood	2
and wood	2
for the tree	2
for wood	2
me timber	2
no wood	2
of every tree	2
on a tree	2
on the wood	2
the stick	2
upon the gallows	2
with wood	2
a stick	1
above all the trees	1
all manner of trees	1
all thy trees	1
all trees	1
also of the tree	1
among the wood	1
and a tree	1
and concerning timber	1
and for the wood	1
and for wood	1
and he shall be like a tree	1
and if the tree	1
and in timber	1
and lay the wood	1
and on the wood	1
and the sticks	1
and thy timber	1
and upon the trees	1
and with stocks	1
as a tree	1
as the trees	1
behold also the gallows	1
branches	1
but of the tree	1
by them under the tree	1
concerning timber	1
counsel at their stocks	1
for he shall be as a tree	1
for him and all the trees	1
for himself among the trees	1
for the wood	1
from the helve	1
from the tree	1
from the trees	1
him a tree	1
him on a tree	1
him on the wood	1
in any tree	1
in the trees	1
it is become like a stick	1
it with the timber	1
like a tree	1
me of the tree	1
more than any tree	1
neither shall the trees	1
nor any tree	1
not trees	1
of all manner of trees	1
of all trees	1
of any trees	1
of it and the timber	1
of sticks	1
of the timber	1
of the wood	1
of thy wood	1
of timber	1
of trees	1
off the trees	1
only the trees	1
our wood	1
planks	1
shall wood	1
so that all the trees	1
staff	1
that the tree	1
the carpenter	1
the gallows	1
the staff	1
the stock	1
thee on a tree	1
them with the stalks	1
then shall the trees	1
therein and all the trees	1
therein then shall all the trees	1
to a stock	1
to the carpenters	1
to the end that none of all the trees	1
to the wood	1
under the tree	1
under the wood	1
unto all the trees	1
unto him let a gallows	1
unto the trees	1
upon the tree	1
upon the trees	1
where the tree	1
which is among the trees	1
with all trees	1
with the stick	1
with the trees	1
with the wood	1

Verses containing H6086

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Joshua 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
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Joshua 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
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Joshua 10:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
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Joshua 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
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Judges 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
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Judges 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
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Judges 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
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Judges 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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Judges 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
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Judges 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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Judges 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
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Judges 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
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Judges 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
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Judges 9:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
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1 Samuel 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
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2 Samuel 5:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
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2 Samuel 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
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2 Samuel 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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2 Samuel 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
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2 Samuel 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
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1 Kings 4:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
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Source alternate reference: 5.13
1 Kings 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
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Source alternate reference: 5.20
1 Kings 5:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
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Source alternate reference: 5.22
1 Kings 5:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Hiram provided Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted,
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Source alternate reference: 5.24
1 Kings 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
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Source alternate reference: 5.32
1 Kings 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
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1 Kings 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.
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1 Kings 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
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1 Kings 6:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
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1 Kings 6:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
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1 Kings 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
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1 Kings 6:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
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1 Kings 9:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
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1 Kings 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
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1 Kings 10:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)
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1 Kings 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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1 Kings 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
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1 Kings 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
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1 Kings 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
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1 Kings 18:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
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1 Kings 18:33 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
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1 Kings 18:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
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2 Kings 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
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2 Kings 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
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2 Kings 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
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2 Kings 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
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2 Kings 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
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Source alternate reference: 12.12
2 Kings 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
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Source alternate reference: 12.13
2 Kings 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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