Strong's Concordance ampelos: vine Original Word: ἄμπελος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ampelos Phonetic Spelling: (am'-pel-os) Definition: vine Usage: a vine, grape-vine. HELPS Word-studies 288 ámpelos – a grapevine; (figuratively) Jesus Christ, "the true vine" (Jn 15:1). 288 /ámpelos ("vine") is also used symbolically of Christless Judaism and apostate Christianity (Rev 14:18,10), i.e. the (external) religious body of people which merely pretends to bear fruit but is in fact fruitless. Only Christ Himself is the true Vine, in whom the people of God are formed into the mystical body of Christ. This is the fruit of His love (redemption). Compare Jn 15:1,4,5 with 1 Cor 12:13. [288 (ámpelos) is used of a literal grapevine in Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25; Js 3:12.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definition vine NASB Translation vine (9). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 288: ἄμπελοςἄμπελος, , ἡ (from Homer down), a vine: Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:25; Luke 22:18; James 3:12. In John 15:1, 4f Christ calls himself a vine, because, as the vine imparts to its branches sap and productiveness, so Christ infuses into his followers his own divine strength and life. ἄμπελος τῆς γῆς in Revelation 14:18 (Rec.st omits τῆς ἀμπέλου.), John 15:19, signifies the enemies of Christ, who, ripe for destruction, are likened to clusters of grapes, to be cut off, thrown into the winepress, and trodden there. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance vine. Probably from the base of amphoteros and that of halon; a vine (as coiling about a support) -- vine. see GREEK amphoteros see GREEK halon Forms and Transliterations άμπελοι αμπέλοις αμπελον άμπελον άμπελόν ἄμπελον αμπελος άμπελος ἄμπελος αμπελου αμπέλου ἀμπέλου αμπέλους αμπελω αμπέλω ἀμπέλῳ αμπέλων ampelo ampelō ampéloi ampélōi ampelon ámpelon ampelos ámpelos ampelou ampélouLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 26:29 N-GFSGRK: γενήματος τῆς ἀμπέλου ἕως τῆς NAS: fruit of the vine from now KJV: this fruit of the vine, until that INT: fruit of the vine until the Mark 14:25 N-GFS Luke 22:18 N-GFS John 15:1 N-NFS John 15:4 N-DFS John 15:5 N-NFS James 3:12 N-NFS Revelation 14:18 N-GFS Revelation 14:19 N-AFS Strong's Greek 288 |
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