STRONGS NUMBER G288


Word Summary
ampelos: vine
Original Word: ἄμπελος
Transliteration: ampelos
Phonetic Spelling: (am'-pel-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: vine
Meaning: vine
Strong's Concordance
vine.

Probably from the base of amphoteros and that of halon; a vine (as coiling about a support) -- vine.

see GREEK amphoteros

see GREEK halon

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 288: ἄμπελος

ἄμπελος, , (from Homer down), a vine: Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:25; Luke 22:18; James 3:12. In John 15:1, 4f Christ calls himself a vine, because, as the vine imparts to its branches sap and productiveness, so Christ infuses into his followers his own divine strength and life. ἄμπελος τῆς γῆς in Revelation 14:18 (Rec.st omits τῆς ἀμπέλου.), John 15:19, signifies the enemies of Christ, who, ripe for destruction, are likened to clusters of grapes, to be cut off, thrown into the winepress, and trodden there.