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גֶּפֶן

gephen · H1612 · Hebrew · 55 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. vine

    A creeping plant, which grows along the ground until it finds a tree or other object to climb, using tendrils

    Examples

    2 Kings 4:39 Then one went out into the field to gather mallow, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds; and he came and sliced them into the pot of stew, because they did not know what they were.

  2. a vine

    A creeping plant with a woody stem (vitis vinifera) that climbs using tendrils and bears sweet grapes for wine, a symbol of blessing, prosperity, and happiness

    Examples

    Genesis 40:9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, saying to him, “In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me;

    Genesis 40:10 and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.

    Genesis 49:11 “He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes.

How it’s used In 9 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

17 occurrences in 10 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

9 occurrences in 7 groups

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

11 occurrences in 9 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

12 occurrences in 10 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 4 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

5 occurrences in 5 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

21 occurrences in 6 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 4 groups

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
ἄμπελος ámpelos · G288 · grapevine
Greek ἄμπελος (ampelos) is the standard translation equivalent of Hebrew גֶּפֶן (gepen), both denoting the grapevine as a plant; the Greek term emphasizes the vine's characteristic coiling growth habit while the Hebrew term encompasses both vine and tree, but in aligned contexts the core referent—the cultivated grapevine—is identical.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Plants001002007001
The noun denotes the grapevine, used throughout narrative and poetic descriptions of viticulture, blessing, and covenant imagery.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1612. gephen גֶּ֫פֶן noun feminineJdg 9:13 + (masculine only Hos 10:1, perhaps influence…
H1612. gephen
גֶּ֫פֶן noun feminineJdg 9:13 + (masculine only Hos 10:1, perhaps influence of יִשְׂרָאֵל 2Ki 4:39) vine (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (Yemen), Assyrian gapnu, compare ZehnpfBAS i. 633; Aramaic גֶּפֶן גּוֺפַן,, , plural ) — ׳ג Gen 40:9 38t. (also construct, as Num 6:4; Deu 32:32; Isa 16:8-9,), גָּ֑פֶן Jdg 9:12 Jdg 9:2t.; suffix גַּפְנִי Joe 1:7, גַּפְנְךָ Jer 5:17, גַּפְנוֺ 1Ki 5:5 1Ki 5:3t., גַּפְנָהּ Hos 2:14, גַּפְנָם Deu 32:32 Deu 32:2t.; plural גְּפָנִים Son 2:13; Hab 3:17 — vine (always grape-bearing except 2Ki 4:39) Gen 40:9-10, (in dream) Gen 49:11; Num 20:5; Deu 8:8; Jdg 9:12-13, (in allegory) 1Ki 5:5; 2Ki 18:31 = Isa 36:16; Psa 78:47; Psa 105:33; Son 2:13; Son 6:11; Son 7:13; Isa 7:23; Isa 24:7; Isa 32:12; Jer 5:17; Jer 8:13; Hos 2:14; Joe 1:7, Joe 1:12; Joe 2:22; Mic 4:4; Hab 3:17; Hag 2:19; Zec 2:10; Zec 8:12; Mal 3:11; שָׂדֶה גֶּפֶן a vine bearing poisonous gourds 2Ki 4:39; הַיַּיִן גֶּפֶן Num 6:4 (compare Gen 40:10; Jdg 9:13) Jdg 13:14; הַגֶּפֶן אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת Son 8:9; הַגֶּפֶן עֵץ Eze 15:2, Eze 15:6; in simile of stars fading away at Yahweh's judgment Isa 34:4; in simile of wicked losing early promise Job 15:33; in simile of wife Psa 128:3; figurative of Israel Psa 80:9; Psa 80:15; Eze 17:6 (twice in verse); Eze 17:7-8, Hos 10:1 compare Eze 19:10; Jer 2:21; Jer 6:9; also Hos 14:8; figurative of Israel as easily destroyed Eze 15:2, Eze 15:6; figurative of godless enemies of Israel Deu 32:32 compare Di; שִׂבְמָה גֶּפֶן figurative for prosperity of Moab Isa 16:8-9, Jer 48:32. — On the vine in Syria compare AnderlindZPV 1888, 160 ff.
גפף (√ of following; compare Syriac in derivatives, curved, convex; also Arabic both hilly country and depression, Frey.)

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Plants55 occurrences

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

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