Lexicon ampelos: vine Original Word: ἄμπελος, ου, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ampelos Phonetic Spelling: (am'-pel-os) Short Definition: a vine Definition: a vine, grape-vine. HELPS word-Studies 288 ámpelos – a grapevine; (figuratively) Jesus Christ, "the true vine" (Jn 15:1). 288 /ámpelos ("vine") is also used symbolically of Christless Judaism and apostate Christianity (Rev 14:18,10), i.e. the (external) religious body of people which merely pretends to bear fruit but is in fact fruitless. Only Christ Himself is the true Vine, in whom the people of God are formed into the mystical body of Christ. This is the fruit of His love (redemption). Compare Jn 15:1,4,5 with 1 Cor 12:13. [288 (ámpelos) is used of a literal grapevine in Mt 26:29; Mk 14:25; Js 3:12.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitionvine NASB Translationvine (9).
Thayer's 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.
Strong's 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 |
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