Strong G288ἄμπελος

vine

Transliteration
ampelos
Pronunciation
am'-pel-os
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Probably from the base of G297 and that of G257; a vine (as coiling about a support): - vine.

Detailed definition

ἄμπελος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX for גֶּפֶן;]
vine: Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Luk.22:18 Jas.3:12; figuratively, of Christ, Jhn.15:1, 4-5; of his enemies (on the usage here, see MM, VGT, see word): Rev.14:18-19.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G288 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • vine9

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:29
    But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
  2. Mark 14:25
    Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
  3. Luke 22:18
    For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
  4. John 15:1
    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
  5. John 15:4
    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
  6. John 15:5
    I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
  7. James 3:12
    Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
  8. Revelation 14:18
    And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
  9. Revelation 14:19
    And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄμπελος, ἡ,
any climbing plant with tendrils, especially grape-vine, Vitis vinifera (ἄ. οἰνοφόρος[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.181)]; ἄ.τῆς Ἴδης is a variety, V.see. apyrena, grape-currant, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.17.4), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (not in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” except in _adjective_ ἀμπελόεις), etc.)]; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.110, compare 133, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.195, etc.; ἄ. καὶ ἐλάαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀκρόδρυα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.11)]; ἄ. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κόπτοντες, in collective sense (compare ἵππος, ἡ), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90)]; of wine, ἀμπέλου δρόσος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.2; ἀμπέλου παῖς [prev. author] “N.” 9.52.)]
2 ἄ. ἀγρία wild vine, Vitis silvestris, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.181, 5.2, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 23.19:—also ={ἄ. λευκή}, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus 9.14.1, 9.20.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.186.)]
3 ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.182, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.826 (but λευκὴ ἄ.)] white grape, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.20.5).)]
4 ἄ μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.183, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.827.)]
5 ἄ. ποντία wrack, Fucus volubilis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.6.9.)]
II vineyard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.32.)]
III engine for protecting besiegers, mantlet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 141.7.)]
IV measure of length, = [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (20 παλαισταί, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “*Deff.” 131.)]
V ={αἰγιαλός} (Cyren.), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]