Dict: easton - Oil

easton:

Oil @ Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair kjv@Exodus:29:7; kjv@2Samuel:14:2; kjv@Psalms:23:5 kjv@Psalms:92:10 kjv@Psalms:104:15 ; kjv@Luke:7:46); in some of the offerings kjv@Exodus:29:40; kjv@Leviticus:7:12; kjv@Numbers:6:15 kjv@Numbers:15:4), but was excluded from the sin-offering kjv@Leviticus:5:11) and the jealousy-offering kjv@Numbers:5:15); for burning in lamps kjv@Exodus:25:6 kjv@Exodus:27:20; kjv@Matthew:25:3); for medicinal purposes kjv@Isaiah:1:6; kjv@Luke:10:34; kjv@James:5:14); and for anointing the dead kjv@Matthew:26:12; kjv@Luke:23:56). It was one of the most valuable products of the country kjv@Deuteronomy:32:13; kjv@Ezekiel:16:13), and formed an article of extensive commerce with Tyre (27:17). The use of it was a sign of gladness kjv@Psalms:92:10; kjv@Isaiah:61:3), and its omission a token of sorrow ( kjv@2Samuel:14:2; kjv@Matthew:6:17). It was very abundant in Galilee. (
See OLIVE.)

Oil-tree @ kjv@Isaiah:41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. 'etz shemen, rendered "olive tree" in kjvKings:6:23,31, 32, 33 (R.V., "olive wood") and "pine branches" in kjv@Nehemiah:8:15 (R.V., "branches of wild olive"), was some tree distinct from the olive. It was probably the oleaster (Eleagnus angustifolius), which grows abundantly in almost all parts of Palestine, especially about Hebron and Samaria. "It has a fine hard wood," says Tristram, "and yields an inferior oil, but it has no relationship to the olive, which, however, it resembles in general appearance."