Lexical Definition

‎גֶּפֶן‎ gephen (gheh'-fen) vine ^H:N
from an unused root meaning to bend

vine, tree.

• a vine (as twining), especially the grape

1) vine, vine tree
1a) of Israel (fig.)
1b) of stars fading at Jehovah's judgment (metaph.)
1c) of prosperity

See Greek: ἄμπελος · ἀμπελών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גֶּ֫פֶן‎ noun feminine^{Judg 9:13} + (masculine only Hos 10:1, perhaps influence of ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 2Kgs 4:39) vine (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (Yemen), Assyrian gapnu, compare Zehnpf^{BAS i. 633}; Aramaic ‎גּוֺפַן‎, ‎גֶּפֶן‎, , plural ) — ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Gen 40:9 + 38 t. (also construct, as Num 6:4; Deut 32:32; Isa 16:8; Isa 16:9), ‎גָּ֑פֶן‎ Judg 9:12 + 2 t.; suffix ‎גַּפְנִי‎ Joel 1:7, ‎גַּפְנְךָ‎ Jer 5:17, ‎גַּפְנוֺ‎ 1Kgs 5:5* = 3 t., ‎גַּפְנָהּ‎ Hos 2:14*, ‎גַּפְנָם‎ Deut 32:32 + 2 t.; plural ‎גְּפָנִים‎ Song 2:13; Hab 3:17 — vine (always grape-bearing except 2Kgs 4:39) Gen 40:9; Gen 40:10 (in dream) Gen 49:11; Num 20:5; Deut 8:8; Judg 9:12; Judg 9:13 (in allegory) 1Kgs 5:5*; 2Kgs 18:31 = Isa 36:16; Ps 78:47; Ps 105:33; Song 2:13; Song 6:11; Song 7:13*; Isa 7:23; Isa 24:7; Isa 32:12; Jer 5:17; Jer 8:13; Hos 2:14*; Joel 1:7; Joel 1:12; Joel 2:22; Mic 4:4; Hab 3:17; Hag 2:19; Zech 2:10*; Zech 8:12; ‎גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה‎ a vine bearing poisonous gourds 2Kgs 4:39 ‎גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן‎ Num 6:4 (compare Gen 40:10; Judg 9:13) Judg 13:14 ‎אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת הַגֶּפֶן‎ Song 8:9 ‎עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן‎ Ezek 15:2; Ezek 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 Ps 128:3 figurative of Israel Ps 80:9*; Ps 80:15*; Ezek 17:6 (twice in verse); Ezek 17:7; Ezek 17:8; Hos 10:1 compare Ezek 19:10; Jer 2:21; Jer 6:9 also Hos 14:8* figurative of Israel as easily destroyed Ezek 15:2; Ezek 15:6 figurative of godless enemies of Israel Deut 32:32 compare Di; ‎גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה‎ figurative for prosperity of Moab Isa 16:8; Isa 16:9; Jer 48:32. — On the vine in Syria compare Anderlind^{ZPV 1888, 160 ff}.

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