4458 grape
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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.

Numbers 20:2-5

The cultivation of grapes indicative of rich and fertile land

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Numbers 13:21-25
Isaiah 32:10-13

The failure of the grape harvest indicative of misfortune or disaster

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Jeremiah 8:13
Micah 7:1
Habakkuk 3:16-19
Deuteronomy 28:39

Grapes used to make wine

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Genesis 40:9-11; 49:10-12
Micah 6:15
Amos 9:13

Treading grapes

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Judges 9:27
Nehemiah 13:15
Jeremiah 25:30
Jeremiah 49:9-10

Harvesting grapes

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Leviticus 26:5

pp Ob 5

Numbers 13:20
Isaiah 62:8-9
Leviticus 19:10

Regulations concerning the grape harvest

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Leviticus 25:1-7
Deuteronomy 23:24; 24:21
1 Samuel 30:11-12

Dried grapes: raisins

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1 Samuel 25:14-19
2 Samuel 6:17-19
2 Samuel 16:1-2
1 Chronicles 12:38-40

pp 1Ch 16:1-3

Songs 2:5
Hosea 3:1
Numbers 6:1-4

Nazirites were forbidden to consume grapes or grape products

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Judges 13:2-14
Jeremiah 6:9

The metaphorical use of grapes

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Deuteronomy 32:32-33
Judges 8:2
Job 15:32-34
Psalms 80:8-19
Isaiah 5:1-7; 24:5-13; 65:8
Jeremiah 48:32
Hosea 9:10
Joel 3:12-13
Revelation 14:17-20
Matthew 7:15-16

The proverbial use of grapes

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Jeremiah 31:29-30

pp Lk 6:43-45

Ezekiel 18:1-2
1 Corinthians 9:7
James 3:12

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4404 food
4450 fruit
4456 grain
4464 harvest
4534 vine
4538 vineyard
4544 wine
4546 winepress
8258 fruitfulness, spiritual
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