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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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2 Kings 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
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2 Kings 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
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2 Kings 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
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1 Chronicles 14:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
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1 Chronicles 16:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
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1 Chronicles 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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1 Chronicles 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
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1 Chronicles 22:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
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1 Chronicles 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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1 Chronicles 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—
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1 Chronicles 29:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
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2 Chronicles 2:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
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Source alternate reference: 2.7
2 Chronicles 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
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Source alternate reference: 2.8
2 Chronicles 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”
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Source alternate reference: 2.9
2 Chronicles 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.
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Source alternate reference: 2.13
2 Chronicles 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
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Source alternate reference: 2.15
2 Chronicles 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
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2 Chronicles 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
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2 Chronicles 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king made the algum 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 anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
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2 Chronicles 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
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2 Chronicles 28:4 · 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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2 Chronicles 34:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
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Ezra 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
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Nehemiah 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
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Nehemiah 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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Nehemiah 8:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
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Nehemiah 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
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Nehemiah 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
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Source alternate reference: 10.35
Nehemiah 10:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.
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Source alternate reference: 10.36
Nehemiah 10:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
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Source alternate reference: 10.38
Nehemiah 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.
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Esther 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
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Esther 5:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
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Esther 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
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Esther 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
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Esther 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
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Esther 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
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Esther 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
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Esther 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Job 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
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Job 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
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Job 24:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
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Job 41:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
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Source alternate reference: 41.19
Psalms 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
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Psalms 74:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
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Psalms 96:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
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Psalms 104:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
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Psalms 105:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.
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Psalms 148:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
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Proverbs 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
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