Lexical Summary agrielaios: of the wild olive Original Word: ἀγριέλαιοςTransliteration: agrielaios Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ree-el'-ah-yos) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: of the wild olive Meaning: of the wild olive Strong's Concordance wild olive tree. From agrios and elaia; an oleaster -- olive tree (which is) wild. see GREEK agrios see GREEK elaia Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 65: ἀγριέλαιοςἀγριέλαιος, (ἄγριος and ἔλαιος or ἐλαία, like ἀγριάμπελος); 1. of or belonging to the oleaster, or wild olive (σκυτάλην ἀγριέλαιον, Anthol. 9, 237, 4; (cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 376)); spoken of a scion, Romans 11:17. 2. As a substantive ἡ ἀγριέλαιος the oleaster, the wild olive; (opposed to καλλιέλαιος (cf. Aristotle, plant. 1, 6)), also called by the Greeks κότινος, Romans 11:24; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii. 495ff (See B. D. under the word |
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