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Grape

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GREEK · G3025

ληνός

lēnos — winepress

ληνός, -οῦ, ἡ (in some MSS., LXX and NT, ὁ), [in LXX chiefly for יֶקֶב Num.18:27, al.; also for רַהַט (Gen.30:38, 41), גַּת (Neh.13:15, al.), etc. ;] a trough or vat; esp. for the treading of grapes: Mat.21:33, Rev.14:20 19:16; τὴν λ. . . . τὸν μέγαν (a solecism perhaps inadvertent), Rev.14:19 (cf. ὑπολήνιον).† (AS)

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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)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1155

בֹּ֫סֶר

bo.ser — unripe grape

unripe grapes, sour grapes Also means: be.ser (בֶּסֶר "unripe grape" H1154)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8321

שֹׂרֵק

so.req — vine

choice species of vine, choice grapes Also means: so.re.qah (שֹׂרֵקָה "vine" H8321B)

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GREEK · G1009

βότρυς

botrus — bunch of grapes

βότρυς, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX for אֶשְׁכֹּל ;] a cluster of grapes: Rev.14:18 (cf. στραφυλή) .† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1154

בֶּסֶר

be.ser — unripe grape

unripe or sour grapes Another spelling of bo.ser (בֹּ֫סֶר "unripe grape" H1155)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2085

זָג

zag — skin

1) (meaning uncertain) 1a) name of some insignificant product of the vine, forbidden to Nazarites, perhaps the stem or skin of the grape

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6072

עָסַס

a.sas — to press

1) to press, crush, press by treading, tread down or out, press (grapes) 1a) (Qal) to press

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GREEK · G7470

ἐπιφυλλίς

epiphullis — a gleaning

the small grapes left for gleaners , [variant datesAnthology Palantina: hence, (Aristophanes Comicus) calls poetasters ἐπιφυλλίδες, mere gleanings. (ML)

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GREEK · G8515

ὄμφαξ

omphax — an unripe grape

an unripe grape , πάροιθε δέ τ᾽ ὄμφακές εἰσιν (Odyssey by Homer); ὅτ᾽ ὄμφακες αἰόλλονται (Hesiod); ὅταν δὲ τεύχῃ Ζεὺς ἀπp ὄμφακος οἶνον, i. e. autumn, when the unripe grapes become fit to make wine, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

The fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine. Grapes are spoken of as “tender” (Cant. 2:13, 15), “unripe” (Job 15:33), “sour” (Isa. 18:5), “wild” (Isa. 5:2, 4). (See Rev. 14:18; Micah 7:1; Jer. 6:9; Ezek. 18:2, for figurative use of the word.) (See VINE.)

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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