The Definition of the word Oil-tree

Oil-tree

(Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., oleaster"), Heb. `etz shemen, rendered" "olive tree in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33 (R.V., "olive wood")" "and "pine branches" in Neh. 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."