Eshkol אֶשְׁכּוֹל
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| אֶשְׁכּוֹל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | eshkol |
| Strong's number | H811 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | cluster |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Song of Solomon (3) |
Eshkol (Hebrew אֶשְׁכּוֹל, Strong's H811) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cluster”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) cluster
1a) of grapes
1b) of flowers (metaphor of lover)
1a) of grapes
1b) of flowers (metaphor of lover)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | clusters (4), cluster (4), grapes (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | cluster (4), its clusters (1), clusters (1), are clusters of fruit (1), like clusters (1), cluster of grapes (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Eshkol, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 40:10And 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:and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Numbers
- Numbers 13:23And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
- Numbers 13:24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Song of Solomon 7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
- Song of Solomon 7:8I 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;I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 65:8Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
Micah
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
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).