Korem כָּרַם
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| כָּרַם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | korem |
| Strong's number | H3755 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to tend vineyards |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Kings (1) |
Korem (Hebrew כָּרַם, Strong's H3755) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to tend vineyards”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to tend vines or vineyards, to dress vines or vineyards
1a) (Qal) vinedressers (participle)
1a) (Qal) vinedressers (participle)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | vinedressers (4), dressers (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | tend the vineyards (2), vinedressers (2), o vinedressers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Korem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 61:5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 52:16But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
Joel
- Joel 1:11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).