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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BUNCH

bunsh: Is used of

(1) a "bunch of hyssop" (Exodus 12:22, 'aghuddah);

(2) a "cluster of raisins" (2 Samuel 16:1 the King James Version; 1 Chronicles 12:40 the King James Version tsimmuq = "something dried or shriveled");

(3) a "camel's hump" (Isaiah 30:6 the King James Version dabbesheth): of obscure etymology.

Greek

4718. staphule -- a bunch of grapes
... a bunch of grapes. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: staphule Phonetic
Spelling: (staf-oo-lay') Short Definition: a grape, cluster of grapes ...
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1009. botrus -- a cluster of grapes
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: botrus Phonetic Spelling: (bot'-rooce)
Short Definition: a cluster of grapes Definition: a cluster (bunch) of grapes ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6778. tsimmuq -- bunch of raisins
... 6777, 6778. tsimmuq. 6779 . bunch of raisins. Transliteration: tsimmuq Phonetic
Spelling: (tsam-mook') Short Definition: raisins. ... bunch cluster of raisins. ...
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92. aguddah -- a band
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a band NASB Word Usage band (1),
bands (1), bunch (1), vaulted dome (1). bunch, burden, troop. ...
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810. eshek -- a testicle
... stone. From an unused root (probably meaning to bunch together); a testicle (as
a lump) -- stone. 809, 810. eshek. 811 . Strong's Numbers.
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5995. amir -- a swath, row of fallen grain
... sheaves (3). handful, sheaf. From amar; a bunch of grain -- handful, sheaf. see
HEBREW amar. 5994, 5995. amir. 5996 . Strong's Numbers.
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811. eshkol -- a cluster
... cluster of grapes. Or meshkol {esh-kole'}; probably prolonged from 'eshek; a bunch
of grapes or other fruit -- cluster (of grapes). see HEBREW 'eshek. ...
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Library

What Old Bill could not Do
... He was still the leader of a company, who called themselves the "bunch." Each night
they made the rounds of the saloons, then at a late hour staggered homeward ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk eighteen what old bill.htm

Chapter twenty-one
... The girl outside of the carriage hastily unpinned a bunch of English violets from
her dress and handed them to a small boy who was standing shivering on the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-one.htm

A Willing People.
... So she went out to her little flock of goats whereby her living came to her, and
cut off a big bunch of goat's hair, and then with much pains dyed it red. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/a willing people.htm

On Earthly Things
... [Is.5:4, Deut.32:32]. The bunch of grapes is the church, the body of Christ; in
Numbers: because the sons of Israel carried a bunch of grapes from there. ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/iii on earthly things.htm

Apocryphal Traditions.
... stocks, and on each stock ten thousand branches, and on each branch ten thousand
shoots, and on each shoot ten thousand bunches, and on each bunch ten thousand ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 18 apocryphal traditions.htm

Spelling God.
... I John's Story Spelling God. I want to give you a bunch of keys, as we start into
these homely talks in John's Gospel. ... This is the second key in this bunch. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/spelling god.htm

John Chapter x. 13-Nov
... How said I, Pluck the bunch of grapes, beware of the thorn; when the Lord saith,
"Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles"? ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xlvi john chapter x.htm

Foretastes of the Heavenly Life
... The children of Israel sent twelve men as spies into the land of Canaan, who brought
back with them the fruit of the land, amongst the rest a bunch of grapes ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 45 1899/foretastes of the heavenly life.htm

A Provision Ground
... And we must not overlook the French Physic-nut, {313h} with its hemp like leaves,
and a little bunch of red coral in the midst, with which the loves to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xvi a provision ground.htm

Afraid of Giants
... and back again comes in between verses 22 and 23; for Eshcol was close to Hebron,
and the spies would not encumber themselves with the bunch of grapes on their ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/afraid of giants.htm

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) A bundle of twigs (Exodus 12:22).

(2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Samuel 16:1).

(3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isaiah 30:6).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

2. (n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.

3. (n.) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.

4. (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

5. (v. t.) To form into a bunch or bunches.

Thesaurus

Bunch (6 Occurrences)
... (1.) A bundle of twigs (Exodus 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Samuel
16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isaiah 30:6). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Hyssop (12 Occurrences)
... They would any of them furnish a bunch suitable for sprinkling, and they have the
important recommendation that they grow everywhere, being found even in the ...
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Cluster (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. ... 5. (vt) To
collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. ...
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Bunches (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 30:12 and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches
of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not ...
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Palm (49 Occurrences)
... Winged figures are depicted on some of the early Assyrian sculptures shaking a bunch
of the male flowers over the female for the same purpose as the people of ...
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Tree (245 Occurrences)
... Winged figures are depicted on some of the early Assyrian sculptures shaking a bunch
of the male flowers over the female for the same purpose as the people of ...
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Knob (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising;
a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. ...
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Knop (4 Occurrences)
... brim of the brazen sea. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A knob; a bud;
a bunch; a button. 2. (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ...
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Nostrils (22 Occurrences)
... A similar custom is known from Persian sun-worship, where a bunch (baretsma) of
dates, pomegranates or tamarisks was held to the nose by the worshipper ...
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Ulcer (8 Occurrences)
... his crown. (YLT). Isaiah 38:21 And Isaiah saith, 'Let them take a bunch
of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.' (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Bunch (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:16 By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
(DBY)

Luke 6:44 Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.
(WEY)

Exodus 12:22 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 13:23 And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
(DBY)

1 Samuel 30:12 and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights.
(YLT)

Isaiah 38:21 And Isaiah saith, 'Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'
(YLT)

Subtopics

Bunch

Related Terms

Hyssop (12 Occurrences)

Cluster (6 Occurrences)

Bunches (7 Occurrences)

Palm (49 Occurrences)

Tree (245 Occurrences)

Knob (4 Occurrences)

Knop (4 Occurrences)

Nostrils (22 Occurrences)