ξύλων

xulon

clubs

from another form of the base of ξέστης; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:--staff, stocks, tree, wood.

G3586

Mark 14:43 · Word #18

Lexicon G3586

Lemmaξύλον
Transliterationxýlon
Strong'sG3586
In-contextclubs
Literalclubs-staves

Morphology N GEN N PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case GEN — Genitive — Possession, source, or separation
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaξύλον
Strong'sG3586

SIBI-P1 G3586-03

of pieces-of-wood

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,GNP = noun, genitive case, neuter gender, plural number. Indicates possession, source, or association: “of …,” referring to multiple wooden items.
Rendering RationaleThe genitive plural form (GNP) requires a rendering that expresses possession or source (“of”) and preserves the neuter plural sense. “Pieces-of-wood” retains the concrete root meaning of ξύλον (wood/timber) while allowing for its broad application to various wooden objects.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ξύλον (wood, timber, tree, wooden object, beam, club)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G3586-01 xula wooden timbers
G3586-02 xulo to/for the timber-wood
G3586-04 xulou of the wood

Word Usage (20 occurrences of G3586)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 26:47 ξύλων xulon
Matthew 26:55 ξύλων xulon
Mark 14:43 ξύλων xulon clubs