גֶּפֶן gephen
Hebrew word for “vine” · Strong’s H1612 · used 55 times in 53 verses
Meaning
1) vine, vine tree; 1a) of Israel (fig.); 1b) of stars fading at Jehovah's judgment (metaph.); 1c) of prosperity
How it is translated
Glosses given for gephen in context, with how often each is used:
- vine 35
- vines 11
- own vine 4
- like vine 4
- will be like a vine 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Song of Solomon | 4 | 3.2 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Joel | 3 | 3.1 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 |
Also in 7 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 17 (3), Genesis 40 (2), Judges 9 (2), Psalms 80 (2), Song of Solomon 7 (2), Isaiah 16 (2), Ezekiel 15 (2), Joel 1 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 6 (1)
Forms
- הגפן 13
- גפן 11
- לגפן 5
- כגפן 5
- מגפן 4
- גפנו 4
- וגפן 3
- גפנם 3
- ובגפן 1
- והגפנים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gephen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תְּאֵנָה teenah “fig” 18
- רִמּוֹן rimmon “pomegranate” 6
- עֵץ ets “tree” 8
- פָּרַח parach “to sprout” 5
- זַיִת zayit “olive” 5
- שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 7
- עֵנָב enav “grape” 4
- פְּרִי peri “fruit” 5
- שְׁדֵמָה shedemah “field” 3
- שְׂבָם sevam “Sibmah” 3
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 7
- אֶשְׁכּוֹל eshkol “cluster” 3
Key verses
The verses using gephen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 80:8 — Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- Psalms 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Song of Solomon 7:12 — Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee…
- Isaiah 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth…
- Jeremiah 2:21 — Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
- Jeremiah 5:17 — And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat…
- Ezekiel 15:2 — Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
- Hosea 10:1 — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness…
- Joel 2:22 — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their…
- Micah 4:4 — But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
- Habakkuk 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock…
- Zechariah 8:12 — For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.