Natural
Elements and vegetation of the created order — water, fire, wind, trees, seed, harvest.
The staple of the table, taken up as a figure of Christ himself.
Pressed from the olive; used for anointing kings, priests and the sick, and for light in the lamp.
Given and withheld as blessing and judgement on the land.
Small, buried, and multiplying — sown as word and as offspring.
A common element of creation used across both testaments as a figure for cleansing, life, and multitude. Its meaning is set by the passage: the same element washes, indwells, and overwhelms.