HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6778
צַמּוּק
tsam.muq — cluster
bunch of raisins, raisin-bunch
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Bunch
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H92
אֲגֻדָּה
a.gud.dah — band
1) band, binding 1a) cords, bands, thongs (metaphorical of slavery) 1b) bunch of hyssop 1c) band of men, troops 1d) vault (of the heavens), firmament (binding earth to the heavens)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4718
σταφυλή
staphulē — grapes
σταφυλή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for עֵנָב ;] a bunch of grapes: Mat.7:16, Luk.6:44, Rev.14:18. "σ. is properly the ripe grape-cluster as opposite to ὄμφαξ, cf. Gen.40:10, Job.15:33; as contrasted with βότρυς, it describes the grapes rather than the cluster on which they grow" (Swete, Apoc., 187 f.).† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5301
ὕσσωπος
hussōpos — hyssop
ὕσσωπος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX for אֵזוֹב ;] hyssop, of which a bunch was used in ritual sprinklings: Heb.9:19; of a branch or rod (?) of hyssop, Jhn.19:29 (but see Field, Notes, 106 ff., for suggestion to substitute ὑσσῷ here).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1009
βότρυς
botrus — bunch of grapes
βότρυς, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX for אֶשְׁכֹּל ;] a cluster of grapes: Rev.14:18 (cf. στραφυλή) .† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6421
ἀπόδεσμος
apodesmos — a bundle
1. a breastband, girdle , (Lucian) 2. a bundle, bunch , (Plutarch) (ML)
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(1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.) The “bunch of a camel” (Isa. 30:6).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.