Olive

The triliteral root zāy yā tā (ز ي ت) occurs in the Quran 7 times.

The Olive (Arab. زيتون, zaituna), known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion.

Etymology

Arabic زيتون ("zaituna"), compare Coptic ϫ (joeit, "olive"), Classical Syriac ܙܝܬܐ‎ (zaytā, "olive"), Hebrew זַיִת‎ (záyit, "olive").

From Proto-Semitic; cognates include Ugaritic (ztm), Phoenician (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא‎ (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ‎ (zaytā), Ethiopic ዘይት (zäyt, "olive oil"), Egyptian "ḏt".

In The Quran

(24:35) God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a concave mirror within a lamp, the lamp is within a glass, the glass is like a radiant planet, which is lit from a blessed olive (Arab. زَيْتُونَةٍ, zaytūnatin) tree that is neither of the east nor of the west, its olive oil (Arab. زَيْتُهَا, zaytuhā) nearly radiates light even if not touched by fire. Light upon light. God guides to His light those whom He pleases. God sets forth parables for mankind; God is aware of all things.

(6:99) He is the One who sent down water from the sky, and We brought out with it plants of every kind. We brought out from it the green, from which We bring out multiple seeds; and what is from the palm trees, from its sheaths hanging low and near; and gardens of grapes, and olives (Arab. وَالزَّيْتُونَ, wal-zaytūna) and pomegranates, similar and not similar. Look at its fruit when it blossoms and its ripeness. In this are signs for a people that acknowledge.

Quran: The fig, and the olive

(95:1) And the fig, and the olive (Arab. وَالزَّيْتُونِ, wal-zaytūni).

Bible: The fig, and the olive

(Judges 9:7-15) Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, "Listen to me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you. "Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree (Hebrew. לַזַּ֖יִת, laz-za-yiṯ), 'Reign over us!' "But the olive tree (Hebrew. הַזַּ֔יִת, haz-za-yiṯ) said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?' "Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come, reign over us!' "But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?' "Then the trees said to the vine, 'You come, reign over us!' "But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?' "Finally all the trees said to the bramble, 'You come, reign over us!' "The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.'