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Grape

The fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine. Grapes are spoken of as “tender” (Cant. 2:13, 15), “unripe” (Job 15:33), “sour” (Isa. 18:5), “wild” (Isa. 5:2, 4). (See Rev. 14:18; Micah 7:1; Jer. 6:9; Ezek. 18:2, for figurative use of the word.) (See VINE.)

Also from Smith's (1884) +

In the Bible

18

Verses where Grape is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Samuel 8:15

    He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

  • Deuteronomy 32:14

    with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

  • Isaiah 18:5

    For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

  • Isaiah 24:13

    So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

  • Isaiah 32:10

    In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

  • Jeremiah 6:9

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”

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Entries that reference Grape

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Grape references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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