עֵץ (ʿēṣ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning tree. It appears
330 times
in 30 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6086).
Also rendered
wood
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1670a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1670a)tree, wood; pieces, of wood; carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עֵץnoun, masculine: tree, trees, wood
1.(with 150 times)
a.a standing tree
b.collective trees
2.(with 175 times; with 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood)
Strong's H6086עֵץ: a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) KJV:carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
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.
Root family 1670: עצהʿṣh — Root of: עֵץ tree, wood; עֵצָה trees