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גֶּפֶן H1612

H1612 is the Hebrew word גֶּפֶן, transliterated gephen and said gheh'-fen. The King James Version most often renders it vine.

Word: גֶּפֶןTransliteration: gephenSaid: gheh'-fenLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 49 verses

What it means

a vine (as twining), especially the grape.

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to bend.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 48 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

vine 29×vines 8×under his vine 2×behold a vine 1×tree 1×or of vines 1×own vine 1×whether the vine 1×if the vine 1×became a vine 1×behold this vine 1×like a vine 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: vine, tree.

Verses using גֶּפֶן

The first 40 of 49 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 40:9 · KJV

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Genesis 40:10 · KJV

And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

Genesis 49:11 · KJV

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

Numbers 6:4 · KJV

All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

Numbers 20:5 · KJV

And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Deuteronomy 8:8 · KJV

A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

Deuteronomy 32:32 · KJV

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

Judges 9:12 · KJV

Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

Judges 9:13 · KJV

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Judges 13:14 · KJV

She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.

1 Kings 4:25 · KJV

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

2 Kings 4:39 · KJV

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

2 Kings 18:31 · KJV

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

Job 15:33 · KJV

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

Psalm 78:47 · KJV

He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

Psalm 80:8 · KJV

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Psalm 105:33 · KJV

He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

Psalm 128:3 · KJV

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 2:13 · KJV

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 6:11 · KJV

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

Song of Solomon 7:8 · KJV

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

Song of Solomon 7:12 · KJV

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 my loves.

Isaiah 7:23 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

Isaiah 16:8 · KJV

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

Isaiah 16:9 · KJV

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

Isaiah 24:7 · KJV

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

Isaiah 34:4 · KJV

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 off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

Isaiah 36:16 · KJV

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Jeremiah 5:17 · KJV

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 up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

Jeremiah 6:9 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

Jeremiah 8:13 · KJV

I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Jeremiah 48:32 · KJV

O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

Ezekiel 15:2 · KJV

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Ezekiel 15:6 · KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 17:6 · KJV

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

Ezekiel 17:7 · KJV

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Ezekiel 19:10 · KJV

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Hosea 2:12 · KJV

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Hosea 10:1 · KJV

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 of his land they have made goodly images.

Hosea 14:7 · KJV

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1612 mean?

H1612 is the Hebrew word גֶּפֶן (gephen), meaning a vine (as twining), especially the grape.

How is H1612 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it vine (29 times), vines (8 times), under his vine (2 times), behold a vine (1 time), tree (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1612 appear in the Bible?

גֶּפֶן (gephen) is tagged in 49 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1612 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to bend.

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