Strong G4718σταφυλή
grapes
- Transliteration
- staphulē
- Pronunciation
- staf-oo-lay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from the base of G4735; a cluster of grapes (as if intertwined): - grapes.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G4718 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grape3
First verses
- Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Luke 6:44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- Revelation 14:18And 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.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στᾰφῠλ-ή, ἡ,
bunch of grapes, σταφυλῇσι μέγα βρίθουσαν ἀλωήν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.561; ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα τεθήλει δὲ σταφυλῇσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.69, compare 7.121; σταφυλαὶ παντοῖαι 24.343, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844e, NT.Rev.14.18)]; Πυρναίαις σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.46)]; of ripe, fresh grapes, opposed to ὄμφαξ on the one hand, and σταφίς on the other, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.303: collectively in _sing._, “PPetr.” 3p.60 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 300.14 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 116.18 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
2 σ. ἀγρία,= μήλωθρον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.18.11, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 23.21.)]
II uvula when swollen at the end so as to resemble a grape on the stalk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23, 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 28, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a3)]; of the uvula generally, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.969,974)]; inflammation of the uvula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 42(1).126.30 (Epid, 2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.731 (_plural_).)]
III paroxytone σταφύλη, plummet of a level, ἵπποι.. σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἔϊσαι horses equal in height even by the level, matched to a nicety, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.765, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 159, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, “Etymologicum Magnum” 742.44.)]
bunch of grapes, σταφυλῇσι μέγα βρίθουσαν ἀλωήν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.561; ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα τεθήλει δὲ σταφυλῇσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.69, compare 7.121; σταφυλαὶ παντοῖαι 24.343, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844e, NT.Rev.14.18)]; Πυρναίαις σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.46)]; of ripe, fresh grapes, opposed to ὄμφαξ on the one hand, and σταφίς on the other, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.303: collectively in _sing._, “PPetr.” 3p.60 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 300.14 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 116.18 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
2 σ. ἀγρία,= μήλωθρον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.18.11, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 23.21.)]
II uvula when swollen at the end so as to resemble a grape on the stalk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23, 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 28, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a3)]; of the uvula generally, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.969,974)]; inflammation of the uvula, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 42(1).126.30 (Epid, 2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.731 (_plural_).)]
III paroxytone σταφύλη, plummet of a level, ἵπποι.. σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἔϊσαι horses equal in height even by the level, matched to a nicety, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.765, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 159, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, “Etymologicum Magnum” 742.44.)]