Grapes
σταφυλήStrong’s G4718staphulē
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Staphulē is the Greek word usually translated “grapes”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
Meaning
Usually translated “grapes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- grapes 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
σταφυλή staphulē · grapes
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “grape” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GRAPE, noun
[This word is from the root of grab, gripe, and signifies primarily a cluster or bunch.]
- Properly, a cluster of the fruit of the vine; but with us, a single berry of the vine; the fruit from which wine is made by expression and fermentation.
- In the manege, grapes signifies mangy tumors on the legs of a horse.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.