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MOUNT OF OLIVES

OLIVES, MOUNT OF

ol'-ivz, (har ha-zethim (Zechariah 14:4), ma`aleh ha-zethim, "the ascent of the mount of Olives" (2 Samuel 15:30, the King James Version "the ascent of (mount) Olivet"); to oros ton elaion, "the Mount of Olives" (Matthew 21:1; Matthew 24:3; Matthew 26:30 Mark 11:1; Mark 13:3; Mark 14:26 Luke 19:37; Luke 22:39 John 8:1), to oros to kaloumenon elaion, "the mount that is called Olivet" (Luke 19:29; Luke 21:37; in both references in the King James Version "the mount called (the mount) of Olives"), tou elaionos (Acts 1:12, English Versions of the Bible "Olivet" literally, "olive garden")):

1. Names

2. Situation and Extent

3. Old Testament Associations

(1) David's Escape from Absalom

(2) The Vision of Ezekiel

(3) The Vision of Zechariah

4. High Places

5. Olivet and Jesus

6. View of the City from Olivet

7. Churches and Ecclesiastical Traditions

LITERATURE

Olivet comes to us through the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Oliverum, "an oliveyard."

1. Names:

Josephus frequently uses the expression "Mount of Olives" (e.g. Ant, VII, ix, 2; XX, viii, 6; BJ, V, ii, 3; xii, 2), but later Jewish writings give the name har ha-mishchah, "Mount of Oil"; this occurs in some manuscripts in 2 Kings 23:13, and the common reading har ha-mashchith, "Mount of Corruption," margin "destruction," may possibly be a deliberate alteration (see below). In later ages the Mount was termed "the mountain of lights," because here there used to be kindled at one time the first beacon light to announce throughout Jewry the appearance of the new moon.

To the natives of Palestine today it is usually known as Jebel et Tar ("mountain of the elevation," or "tower"), or, less commonly, as Jebel Tur ez zait ("mountain of the elevation of oil"). The name Jebel ez-zaitun ("Mount of Olives") is also well known. Early Arabic writers use the term Tur Zait, "Mount of Oil."

2. Situation and Extent:

The mountain ridge which lies East of Jerusalem leaves the central range near the valley of Sha`phat and runs for about 2 miles due South. After culminating in the mountain mass on which lies the "Church of the Ascension," it may be considered as giving off two branches: one lower one, which runs South-Southwest, forming the southern side of the Kidron valley, terminating at the Wady en Nar, and another, higher one, which slopes eastward and terminates a little beyond el-`Azareyeh (modern Bethany). The main ridge is considerably higher than the site of ancient Jerusalem, and still retains a thick cap of the soft chalky limestone, mixed with flint, known variously as Nari and Ka`kuli, which has been entirely denuded over the Jerusalem site (see JERUSALEM, II, 1). The flints were the cause of a large settlement of paleolithic man which occurred in prehistoric times on the northern end of the ridge, while the soft chalky stone breaks down to form a soil valuable for the cultivation of olives and other trees and shrubs. The one drawback to arboriculture upon this ridge is the strong northwest wind which permanently bends most trees toward the Southeast, but affects the sturdy, slow-growing olive less than the quicker-growing pine. The eastern slopes are more sheltered. In respect of wind the Mount of Olives is far more exposed than the site of old Jerusalem.

The lofty ridge of Olivet is visible from far, a fact now emphasized by the high Russian tower which can be seen for many scores of miles on the East of the Jordan. The range presents, from such a point of view particularly, a succession of summits. Taking as the northern limit the dip which is crossed by the ancient Anathoth (`anata) road, the most northerly summit is that now crowned by the house and garden of Sir John Gray Hill, 2,690 ft. above sea-level. This is sometimes incorrectly pointed out as Scopus, which lay farther to the Northwest. A second sharp dip in the ridge separates this northern summit from the next, a broad plateau now occupied by the great Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Stiftung and grounds. The road makes a sharp descent into a valley which is traversed from West to East by an important and ancient road from Jerusalem, which runs eastward along the Wady er Rawabeh. South of this dip lies the main mass of the mountain, that known characteristically as the Olivet of ecclesiastical tradition. This mass consists of two principal summits and two subsidiary spurs. The northern of the two main summits is that known as Karem es Sayyad, "the vineyard of the hunter," and also as "Galilee," or, more correctly, as Viri Galilaei (see below, 7). It reaches a height of 2,723 ft. above the Mediterranean and is separated from the southern summit by a narrow neck traversed today by the carriage road. The southern summit, of practically the same elevation, is the traditional "Mount of the Ascension," and for several years has been distinguished by a lofty, though somewhat inartistic, tower erected by the Russians. The two subsidiary spurs referred to above are:

(1) a somewhat isolated ridge running Southeast, upon which lies the squalid village of el `Azareyeh-Bethany;

(2) a small spur running South, covered with grass, which is known as "the Prophets," on account of a remarkable 4th-century Christian tomb found there, which is known as "the tomb of the Prophets"-a spot much venerated by modern Jews.

A further extension of the ridge as Batn el Hawa, "the belly of the wind," or traditionally as "the Mount of Offence" (compare 1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 23:13), is usually included in the Mount of Olives, but its lower altitude-it is on a level with the temple-platform-and its position South of the city mark it off as practically a distinct hill. Upon its lower slopes are clustered the houses of Silwan (Siloam).

The notices of the Mount of Olives in the Old Testament are, considering its nearness to Jerusalem, remarkably scanty.

3. Old Testament Associations:

(1) David's Escape from Absalom:

David fleeing before his rebellious son Absalom (2 Samuel 15:16) crossed the Kidron and "went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went (2 Samuel 15:30)..... And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent where he was wont to worship God, (m), behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head (2 Samuel 15:32). And when David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine" (2 Samuel 16:1).

It is highly probable that David's route to the wilderness was neither by the much-trodden Anathoth road nor over the summit of the mountain, but by the path running Northeast from the city, which runs between the Viri Galilaei hill and that supporting the German Sanatorium and descends into the wilderness by Wady er Rawabi.

SeeBAHURIM.

(2) The Vision of Ezekiel:

Ezekiel in a vision (11:23) saw the glory of Yahweh go up from the midst of the city and stand "upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city" (compare 43:2). In connection with this the Rabbi Janna records the tradition that the shekhinah stood 3 1/2 years upon Olivet, and preached, saying, "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near"-a strange story to come from a Jewish source, suggesting some overt reference to Christ.

(3) The Vision of Zechariah:

In Zechariah 14:4 the prophet sees Yahweh in that day stand upon the Mount of Olives, "and the Mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south."

In addition to these direct references, Jewish tradition associates with this mount-this "mount of Corruption"-the rite of the red heifer (Numbers 19); and many authorities consider that this is also the mount referred to in Nehemiah 8:15, whence the people are directed to fetch olive branches, branches of wild olive, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of thick trees to make their booths.

4. High Places:

It is hardly possible that a spot with such a wide outlook-especially the marvelous view over the Jordan valley and Dead Sea to the lands of Ammon and Moab-should have been neglected in the days when Semitic religion crowned such spots with their sanctuaries. There is Old Testament evidence that there was a "high place" here. In the account of David's flight mention is made of the spot on the summit "where he was wont to worship God" (2 Samuel 15:32 margin). This is certainly a reference to a sanctuary, and there are strong reasons for believing that this place may have been NOB (which see) (see 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Samuel 22:9, 11, 19 Nehemiah 11:32; but especially Isaiah 10:32). This last reference seems to imply a site more commanding in its outlook over the ancient city than Ras el Musharif proposed by Driver, one at least as far South as the Anathoth road, or even that from Wady er Rawabi. But besides this we have the definite statement (1 Kings 11:7): "Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before (i.e. East of) Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon," and the further account that the "high places that were before (East of) Jerusalem, which were on the right hand (South) of the mount of corruption (margin "destruction") which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king (Josiah) defile" (2 Kings 23:13). That these high places were somewhere upon what is generally recognized as the Mount of Olives, seems clear, and the most probable site is the main mass where are today the Christian sanctuaries, though Graetz and Dean Stanley favor the summit known as Viri Galilaei. It is the recognition of this which has kept alive the Jewish name "Mount of Corruption" for this mount to this day. The term Mons offensionis, given to the southeastern extension, South of the city, is merely an ecclesiastical tradidition going back to Quaresmius in the 17th century, which is repeated by Burckhardt (1823 A.D.).

5. Olivet and Jesus:

More important to us are the New Testament associations of this sacred spot. In those days the mountain must have been far different from its condition today. Titus in his siege of Jerusalem destroyed all the timber here as elsewhere in the environs, but before this the hillsides must have been clothed with verdure-oliveyards, fig orchards and palm groves, with myrtle and other shrubs. Here in the fresh breezes and among the thick foliage, Jesus, the country-bred Galilean, must gladly have taken Himself from the noise and closeness of the over-crowded city. It is to the Passion Week, with the exception of John 8:1, that all the incidents belong which are expressly mentioned as occurring on the Mount of Olives; while there would be a special reason at this time in the densely packed city, it is probable that on other occasions also our Lord preferred to stay outside the walls. Bethany would indeed appear to have been His home in Judea, as Capernaum was in Galilee. Here we read of Him as staying with Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42); again He comes to Bethany from the wilderness road from Jericho for the raising of Lazarus (John 11), and later He is at a feast, six days before the Passover (John 12:1), at the house of Simon (Matthew 26:6-12 Mark 14:3-9 John 12:1-9). The Mount of Olives is expressly mentioned in many of the events of the Passion Week. He approached Jerusalem, "unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives" (Mark 11:1 Matthew 21:1 Luke 19:29); over a shoulder of this mount-very probably by the route of the present Jericho carriage road-He made His triumphal entry to the city (Matthew 21 Mark 11 Luke 19), and on this road, when probably the full sight of the city first burst into view, He wept over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41). During all that week "every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet" (Luke 21:37)-the special part of the mount being Bethany (Matthew 21:17 Mark 11:11). It was on the road from Bethany that He gave the sign of the withering of the fruitless fig tree (Matthew 21:17-19 Mark 11:12-14, 20-24), and "as he sat on the mount of Olives" (Matthew 24:3 Mark 13:3 f) Jesus gave His memorable sermon with the doomed city lying below Him.

On the lower slopes of Olivet, in the Garden of Gethsemane (see GETHSEMANE), Jesus endured His agony, the betrayal and arrest, while upon one of its higher points-not, as tradition has it, on the inhabited highest summit, but on the secluded eastern slopes "over against Bethany" (Luke 24:50-52)-He took leave of His disciples (compare Acts 1:12).

6. View of the City from Olivet:

The view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives must ever be one of the most striking impressions which any visitor to Jerusalem carries away with him. It has been described countless times. It is today a view but of ruin and departed glory compared with that over which Jesus wept. A modern writer with historic imagination has thus graphically sketched the salient features of that sight:

"We are standing on the road from Bethany as it breaks round the Mount of Olives and on looking northwest this is what we see..... There spreads a vast stone stage, almost rectangular, some 400 yards. North and South by 300 East and West, held up above Ophel and the Kidron valley by a high and massive wall, from 50 to 150 ft. and more in height, according to the levels of the rock from which it rises. Deep cloisters surround this platform on the inside of the walls..... Every gate has its watch and other guards patrol the courts. The crowds, which pour through the south gates upon the platform for the most part keep to the right; the exceptions, turning westward, are excommunicated or in mourning. But the crowd are not all Israelites. Numbers of Gentiles mingle with them; there are costumes and colors from all lands. In the cloisters sit teachers with groups of disciples about them. On the open pavement stand the booths of hucksters and money-changers; and from the North sheep and bullocks are being driven toward the Inner Sanctuary. This lies not in the center of the great platform, but in the northwest corner. It is a separately fortified, oblong enclosure; its high walls with their 9 gates rising from a narrow terrace at a slight elevation above the platform and the terrace encompassed by a fence within which none but Israelites may pass..... Upon its higher western end rises a house `like a lion broad in front and narrow behind.'.... From the open porch of this house stone steps descend to a great block of an altar perpetually smoking with sacrifices..... Off the Northwest of the Outer Sanctuary a castle (the Antonia) dominates the whole with its 4 lofty towers. Beyond.... the Upper City rises in curved tiers like a theater, while all the lower slopes to the South are a crowded mass of houses, girded by the eastern wall of the city. Against that crowded background the sanctuary with its high house gleams white and fresh. But the front of the house, glittering with gold plates, is obscured by a column of smoke rising from the altar; and the Priests' Court about the latter is colored by the slaughterers and sacrifices-a splash of red, as our imagination takes it, in the center of the prevailing white. At intervals there are bursts of music; the singing of psalms, the clash of cymbals and a great blare of trumpets, at which the people in their court in the Inner Sanctuary fall down and worship" (extracts from G.A. Smith's Jerusalem, II, 518-20).

7. Churches and Ecclesiastical Traditions:

To the Bible student the New Testament is the best guide to Olivet; tradition and "sites" only bewilder him. Once the main hilltop was a mass of churches. There was the "Church of the Ascension" to mark the spot whereby tradition (contrary to the direct statement of Luke) states that the Ascension occurred; now the site is marked by a small octagonal chapel, built in 1834, which is in the hands of the Moslems. There a "footprint of Christ" is shown in the rock. A large basilica of Helena was built over the place where it was said that Christ taught His disciples. In 1869 the Princess de Latour d'Auvergne, learning that there was a Moslem tradition that this site was at a spot called el Battaniyeh south of the summit, here erected a beautiful church known as the Church of the Pater Noster and around the courtyard she had the Lord's Prayer inscribed in 32 languages. When the church was in course of erection certain fragments of old walls and mosaics were found, but, in 1911, as a result of a careful excavation of the site, the foundations of a more extensive mass of old buildings, with some beautiful mosaic in the baptistry, were revealed in the neighborhood; there is little doubt but that these foundations belonged to the actual Basilica of Helena. It is proposed to rebuild the church.

Mention has been made of the name Viri Galilaei or Galilee as given to the northern summit of the main mass of Olivet. The name "Mount Galilee" appears to have been first given to this hill early in the 4th century and in 1573 A.D. Rawolf explains the name by the statement that here was in ancient times a khan where the Galileans lodged who came up to Jerusalem. In 1620 Quaresmius applies the names "Galilee" and Viri Galilaei to this site and thinks the latter name may be due to its having been the spot where the two angels appeared and addressed the disciples as "Ye men of Galilee" (Acts 1:11). Attempts have been made, without much success, to maintain that this "Galilee" was the spot which our Lord intended (Matthew 28:10, 16) to indicate to His disciples as the place of meeting.

The Russian enclosure includes a chapel, a lofty tower-from which a magnificent view is obtainable-a hospice and a pleasant pine grove. Between the Russian buildings to the North and the Church of the Ascension lies the squalid village of et tur, inhabited by a peculiarly turbulent and rapacious crowd of Moslems, who prey upon the passing pilgrims and do much to spoil the sentiment of a visit to this sacred spot. It is possible it may be the original site of BETHPHAGE (which see).

LITERATURE.

PEF, Memoirs, "Jerusalem" volume; G. A. Smith, Jerusalem; Robinson, BRP, I, 1838; Stanley, Sinai and Palestine; Baedeker's Palestine and Syria (by Socin and Bensinger); Tobler, Die Siloahquelle und der Oelberg, 1852; Porter, Murray's Palestine and Syria; R. Hofmann, Galilaea auf dem Oelberg, Leipzig, 1896; Schick, "The Mount of Olives," PEFS, 1889, 174-84; Warren, article "Mount of Olives," in HDB; Gauthier, in EB, under the word; Vincent (Pere), "The Tombs of the Prophets," Revue Biblique, 1901.

E. W. G. Masterman

Greek

1638. elaion -- an olive orchard, ie spec. the Mt. of Olives
... of Olives. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: elaion Phonetic Spelling:
(el-ah-yone') Short Definition: Olive-grove, Olive-yard, the mount Olivet ...
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967. Bethphage -- "house of unripe figs," Bethphage, a village on ...
... of Olives. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Bethphage
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth-fag-ay') Short Definition: Bethphage Definition ...
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1068. Gethsemani -- Gethsemane, an olive orchard on the Mt. of ...
... of Olives. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Gethsemani
Phonetic Spelling: (gheth-say-man-ay') Short Definition: Gethsemane Definition ...
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1636. elaia -- an olive (the tree or the fruit)
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: elaia Phonetic Spelling: (el-ah'-yah)
Short Definition: an olive tree Definition: an olive tree; the Mount of Olives ...
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2048. eremos -- solitary, desolate
... Here and there, in clefts and basins, and on the hillsides, grade on grade, you
observe a patch of corn, a clump of olives, a single palm' " (, 22).]. ...
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2915. krithe -- barley
... Barley was used "principally as food for horses" (Zod, ). (Rev 6:6) -- Unlike
annual crops, olives and grapes once devastated. The ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1620. gargar -- a berry
... a berry. Transliteration: gargar Phonetic Spelling: (gar-gar') Short Definition:
olives. Word Origin from garar Definition a berry NASB Word Usage olives (1). ...
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2132. zayith -- olive tree, olive
... Definition olive tree, olive NASB Word Usage groves (1), olive (10), olive grove
(1), olive groves (5), olive tree (9), olive trees (6), Olives (3), olives (3 ...
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5363. noqeph -- a striking off
... Word Origin from naqaph Definition a striking off NASB Word Usage shaking (2). shaking.
From naqaph; a threshing (of olives) -- shaking. see HEBREW naqaph. ...
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Library

On the Mount of Olives
... The DESIRE of AGES Chapter 69 On the Mount of Olives. [This chapter is based
on Matt.24; Mark 13; Luke 21:5-38.] Christ's words to ...
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Jesus in the Garden of Olives.
... CHAPTER I. Jesus in the Garden of Olives. ... He took with him Peter, James, and John,
and going on a little further, entered into the Garden of Olives. ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter i jesus in the.htm

Mount Olivet. The Mount of Olives, 2 Samuel 15:30
... A Chorographical Century Chapters 31-40 Chapter 40 Mount Olivet. The Mount
of Olives, 2 Samuel 15:30. Zechariah 14:4. In the Rabbins ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 40 mount olivet the.htm

At Night, Jesus Abode on the Mount of Olives
... ILLUSTRATIONS: AT NIGHT, JESUS ABODE ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. And in the day
time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/at night jesus abode on.htm

An Evening on the Mount of Olives.
... THE NEW TESTAMENT. CHAPTER XXXVIII. AN EVENING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. Jesus
and His friends went out from the Temple and Jerusalem ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxxviii an evening on.htm

Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in their ...
... LXXVII."Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives
of the Discourse Which He Delivered on the Mount of Olives, When the ...
/.../the harmony of the gospels/chapter lxxvii of the harmony subsisting.htm

Christ Appears for the Last Time Near Jerusalem, on the Mount of ...
... CHAPTER VIII. THE RESURRECTION Section 305. Christ appears for the last
Time near Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives. The minds of ...
/.../section 305 christ appears for.htm

Thus Sinners are Born of Righteous Parents, Even as Wild Olives ...
... Book I. Chapter 21 [XIX.]"Thus Sinners are Born of Righteous Parents, Even
as Wild Olives Spring from the Olive. That, therefore ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 21 xix thus sinners are.htm

The Memorable Hymn. "And when they had Sung an Hymn, they Went Out ...
... THE MEMORABLE HYMN. "And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into
the mount of Olives.""Matthew xxvi. 30. THE MEMORABLE HYMN. ...
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The Evening of the Third Day in Passion-Week - on the Mount of ...
... CHAPTER VI. THE EVENING OF THE THIRD DAY IN PASSION-WEEK - ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES:
DISCOURES TO THE DISCIPLES CONCERNING THE LAST THINGS. (Matthew 24. Mark 13. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vi the evening of.htm

Thesaurus

Olives (30 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MOUNT OF OLIVES. ...OLIVES, MOUNT OF. ol'-ivz,
(har ha-zethim (Zechariah 14:4), ma`aleh ha-zethim, "the ...
/o/olives.htm - 37k

Bethphage (3 Occurrences)
... House of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem
to Jericho (Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to ...
/b/bethphage.htm - 8k

Beth-phage (3 Occurrences)
... House of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem
to Jericho (Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to ...
/b/beth-phage.htm - 7k

Bethany (13 Occurrences)
... (2.) A village on the south-eastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark
11:1), about 2 miles east of Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho. ...
/b/bethany.htm - 14k

Nigh (243 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage,
unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, (KJV ASV WBS YLT). ...
/n/nigh.htm - 36k

Beth'phage (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the
mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, (See RSV). ...
/b/beth'phage.htm - 7k

Corruption (37 Occurrences)
... The mountain referred to is no doubt the Mount of Olives. ... W. Ewing. MOUNT OF
CORRUPTION. See OLIVES, MOUNT OF. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/c/corruption.htm - 21k

Mountain (298 Occurrences)
... Gibeon, Gilboa, Gilead, Hachilah, Halak, Hebron, Heres, Hermon, Hor, Horeb, Jearim,
Judah, Lebanon, Mizar, Moreh, Moriah, Naphtali, Nebo, Olives, Olivet, Paran ...
/m/mountain.htm - 48k

Oil (281 Occurrences)
... The olives to yield the greatest amount of oil are allowed to ripen, although some
oil is expressed from the green fruit. As the olive ripens it turns black. ...
/o/oil.htm - 60k

Olive (61 Occurrences)
... The best oil was from olives that were plucked before being fully ripe, and then
beaten or squeezed (Deuteronomy 24:20; Isaiah 17:6; 24:13). ...
/o/olive.htm - 37k

Bible Concordance

Olives (30 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 24:3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 11:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 13:3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
(KJV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Luke 19:37 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
(KJV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Luke 22:39 He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:53 and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the mount of the Olives.
(YLT)

John 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day's journey off.
(DBY YLT NIV)

James 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 29:40 and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
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Numbers 28:5 with the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
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Deuteronomy 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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Deuteronomy 28:40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit .
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Judges 15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
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2 Samuel 15:30 David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
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2 Kings 18:32 Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe.
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1 Chronicles 27:28 and over the olives, and the sycamores, that 'are' in the low country, 'is' Baal-Hanan the Gederite; and over the treasures of oil 'is' Joash;
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Nehemiah 8:15 And that they were to give out an order, and make it public in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain and get olive branches and branches of field olives and of myrtle, and palm branches and branches of thick trees, to make tents, as it says in the book.
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Job 24:11 Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.
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Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree," says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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Ezekiel 27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and confections, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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Micah 6:15 You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
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Zechariah 14:4 His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
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Subtopics

Mount of Olives: Called Mount of Corruption (Rv Margin, Mount of Olives)

Mount of Olives: Jesus Makes his Ascension From

Mount of Olives: Jesus Repairs To

Mount of Olives: Jesus' Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem by Way of

Mount of Olives: The Highway to and from the East Passed Over It

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