olive tree
Elaia denotes olive trees, most often within the name of a mountain and also in fruit, grafting, and visionary imagery.
The attested use is dominated by the genitive plural in the designation of a mountain associated with olive trees. Elsewhere the noun denotes trees in statements about their fruit, in grafting imagery, and in the vision of two olive trees.
Senses in use
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Olive trees in a mountain designation · dominant
The genitive plural form occurs in the phrase identifying a mountain: in Luke 19:29 the APB renders it "the Mount of Olives," and in Luke 19:37 it renders "the mountain of the olive trees" as Jesus approaches its descent. The same designation locates teaching, travel, and private conversation in Mark 13:3 and Matthew 24:3.
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Trees in fruit and figurative images · occasional
In James 3:12, the accusative plural stands in the question whether a fig tree can bear olives. In Romans 11:17 and Romans 11:24, singular forms occur in the extended picture of branches broken off or grafted into an olive tree; Revelation 11:4 names two olive trees standing before the Lord of the earth.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the mountain designation as "Mount of Olives" or "mountain of the olive trees." In the other contexts it uses "olives" or "olive tree,".