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

Oil-tree @ 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 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."

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