Word Summary
ampelos: vine
Original Word: ἄμπελοςTransliteration: 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: ἄμπελοςἄμπελος, ,
ἡ (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.