Word

כֶּרֶם

kerem · H3754 · Hebrew · 92 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. vineyard

    Field where grapes are cultivated, growing on vines; typically surrounded by a stone wall, and equipped with a watchtower and a wine press

    Examples

    Genesis 9:20 Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

    Exodus 23:11 but in the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie uncultivated, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the animal of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

    Leviticus 19:10 ‘And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.

How it’s used In 8 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

40 occurrences in 15 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

8 occurrences in 5 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

46 occurrences in 17 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

4 occurrences in 4 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

22 occurrences in 7 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

10 occurrences in 9 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
ἀμπελών ampelṓn · G290 · vineyard, orchard of grapevines
Greek ἀμπελών specifically denotes a planted vineyard as a cultivated area, directly corresponding to Hebrew כֶּרֶם in its primary sense of a vineyard as an agricultural property or plantation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Landscapes001002004
This word denotes a vineyard, a cultivated agricultural landscape feature, so it belongs among landscape terms.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3754. kerem כֶּרֶם92 noun masculineDeu 28:30 (feminineIsa 27:2) vineyard (Late Hebrew…
H3754. kerem
כֶּרֶם92 noun masculineDeu 28:30 (feminineIsa 27:2) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא Zinjirli כרם DHMSendsch.58; Arabic , vine; Ethiopic vine; JenZA vii. (1892), 217 compare Assyrian Karânu, vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic noble, Generous, fertile, but precarious); — absolute ׳כ Exo 22:4 +, כָּ֑רֶם Gen 9:20 +; construct כֶּרֶם 1Ki 21:7 +; suffix כַּרְמִי Isa 5:3 +, כַּרְמְךָ Exo 23:11 +, etc.; plural כְּרָמִים Jos 24:13 +; construct כַּרְמֵי Amo 5:1-2t.; suffix כְּרָמֵנוּ Neh 5:3 Neh 5:3t.; כַרְמֵיכֶם Amo 4:9 Amo 4:2t., etc., — vineyard Gen 9:20 (J), 1Ki 21:1 1Ki 21:9t. 1 Kings 21; Son 2:15 (twice in verse) +; so even Jdg 15:5 (where read ׳כָ וזית compare GFM, who however doubts Genuineness); + זַּיִת Exo 23:11 (E) and often (V. זית); + שָׂדֶה Exo 22:4; Exo 22:5 (E), and often; figurative of Israel under ׳יs. care Isa 5:1ff., compare Isa 3:14; Jer 12:10; figurative of Shulamite's complexion Son 1:6, of her heart Son 8:12. — Vbs. governing ׳כ are: — נָטַע Gen 9:20; Amo 5:11 Amo 5:16t., compare כ ׳מַטָּעֵי Mic 1:6; זָרַע Deu 22:9 (c. 2 accusative); חִלֵּל = begin to use fruit of, Deu 20:6 (twice in verse); Deu 28:30; Jer 31:5; זָמַר prune, Lev 25:3-4, בָּצַר gather, harvest (literally cut off, i.e. grapes, Lev 25:5, Lev 25:11), Deu 24:21; Jdg 9:27, compare לִקֵּשׁ Job 24:6; עוֺלֵל glean, Lev 19:10; Deu 24:21; אָכַל Jos 24:13 (usually 'eat fruit of' Isa 65:21, etc.); locusts devour Amo 4:9 (si vera lectio) On
proper name, of a location כְּרָמִים אָבֵל see II. אָבֵל
4; הַכֶּרֶם בֵּית.

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