The word in Scripture

Olive in the Bible

The word olive appears 38 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The olive tree is a picture of peace, fruitfulness, and belonging. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What olive means in the Bible

The olive tree is a picture of peace, fruitfulness, and belonging.

Where the word olive appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word olive appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:”Exodus 30:24

“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;”Deuteronomy 8:8

“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.”Psalms 52:8

“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”Psalms 128:3

“When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.”Isaiah 24:13

“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;”Romans 11:17

“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”James 3:12

“These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”Revelation 11:4