4458 grape

Fruit which grows in clusters on a vine. It was very widely cultivated in the Near East in biblical times and was used mostly for making wine.

The cultivation of grapes indicative of rich and fertile land

Nu 20:2-5 See also Nu 13:21-25

The failure of the grape harvest indicative of misfortune or disaster

Isa 32:10-13 See also Jer 8:13; Mic 7:1; Hab 3:16-19

Grapes used to make wine

Dt 28:39 See also Ge 40:9-11; Ge 49:10-12; Mic 6:15

Treading grapes

Am 9:13 See also Jdg 9:27; Ne 13:15; Jer 25:30

Harvesting grapes

Jer 49:9-10 pp Ob 5 See also Lev 26:5; Nu 13:20; Isa 62:8-9

Regulations concerning the grape harvest

Lev 19:10 See also Lev 25:1-7; Dt 23:24; Dt 24:21

Dried grapes: raisins

1Sa 30:11-12 See also 1Sa 25:14-19; 2Sa 6:17-19 pp 1Ch 16:1-3; 2Sa 16:1-2; 1Ch 12:38-40; SS 2:5; Hos 3:1

Nazirites were forbidden to consume grapes or grape products

Nu 6:1-4 See also Jdg 13:2-14

The metaphorical use of grapes

Jer 6:9 See also Dt 32:32-33; Jdg 8:2; Job 15:32-34; Ps 80:8-19; Isa 5:1-7; Isa 24:5-13; Isa 65:8; Jer 48:32; Hos 9:10; Joel 3:12-13; Rev 14:17-20

The proverbial use of grapes

Mt 7:15-16 pp Lk 6:43-45 See also Jer 31:29-30; Eze 18:1-2; 1Co 9:7; Jas 3:12

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