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Fruit which grows in clusters on a vine. It was very widely cultivated in the Near East in biblical times and was used mostly for making wine.

The cultivation of grapes indicative of rich and fertile land

Numbers 20:2-5 See also Numbers 13:21-25

The failure of the grape harvest indicative of misfortune or disaster

Isaiah 32:10-13 See also Jeremiah 8:13; Micah 7:1; Habakkuk 3:16-19

Grapes used to make wine

Deuteronomy 28:39 See also Genesis 40:9-11; Genesis 49:10-12; Micah 6:15

Treading grapes

Amos 9:13 See also Judges 9:27; Nehemiah 13:15; Jeremiah 25:30

Harvesting grapes

Jeremiah 49:9-10 pp Ob 5 See also Leviticus 26:5; Numbers 13:20; Isaiah 62:8-9

Regulations concerning the grape harvest

Leviticus 19:10 See also Leviticus 25:1-7; Deuteronomy 23:24; Deuteronomy 24:21

Dried grapes: raisins

1 Samuel 30:11-12 See also 1 Samuel 25:14-19; 2 Samuel 6:17-19 pp 1 Chronicles 16:1-3; 2 Samuel 16:1-2; 1 Chronicles 12:38-40; Songs 2:5; Hosea 3:1

Nazirites were forbidden to consume grapes or grape products

Numbers 6:1-4 See also Judges 13:2-14

The metaphorical use of grapes

Jeremiah 6:9 See also Deuteronomy 32:32-33; Judges 8:2; Job 15:32-34; Psalm 80:8-19; Isaiah 5:1-7; Isaiah 24:5-13; Isaiah 65:8; Jeremiah 48:32; Hosea 9:10; Joel 3:12-13; Revelation 14:17-20

The proverbial use of grapes

Matthew 7:15-16 pp Luke 6:43-45 See also Jeremiah 31:29-30; Ezekiel 18:1-2; 1 Corinthians 9:7; James 3:12

See also

4404  food
4450  fruit
4454  gleaning
4464  harvest
4534  vine
4538  vineyard
4544  wine
4546  winepress
8257  fruitfulness, natural