זַיִת (zayit) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning olive-tree. It appears
38 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2132).
Also rendered
(Mount of) Olives
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 548)
Range of meaning (TWOT 548)olive-tree, olive; olives; tree, branch, berry; Olivet
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
זַ֫יִתnoun, masculine: olive-tree, olive
1.olive-tree
2.of fruit of olive-tree, olives
3.in designations of place
Strong's H2132זַיִת: an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry KJV:olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.