ἄμπελος
ámpelos · G288 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Thing
- VineDomestic trees and shrubs418 verses
Meanings
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grapevine
Creeping plant that develops a woody stem when it matures; Vitis vinifera; grows along the ground until it finds a tree or other object to climb, using tendrils; bears bunches of small round fruit that are sweet and juicy; symbol of blessing, prosperity, and happiness
ExamplesMatthew 26:29 “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it with you, new, in My Father’s kingdom.”
Mark 14:25 “Truly I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again, until that day when I drink it, new, in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 22:18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- γῆearth 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀληθινόςtrue, genuine 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τρυγάωto pick 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- γέννημαoffspring 3
- βότρυςgrape 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- גֶּפֶן gephen · H1612 · vine
- Hebrew גֶּפֶן and Greek ἄμπελος are direct translation equivalents for 'vine,' reflecting consistent lexical rendering of the same botanical concept in Septuagint translation practice.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Grapevine3.27
- In John 15:1, Jesus says, “I am the true vine (ámpelos), and My Father is the vinedresser,” naming the actual plant that produces grapes.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἡ (from Homer down), a vine: Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25; Lk 22:18; Jas 3:12. In Jn 15:1, Jn 15:4f…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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