גֶּ֫פֶן noun feminine^{Judges 9:13} + (masculine only Hosea 10:1, perhaps influence of יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 Kings 4:39) vine (Late Hebrew id., Arabic (Yemen), Assyrian gapnu, compare Zehnpf^{BAS i. 633}; Aramaic גּוֺפַן, גֶּפֶן, , plural ) — ׳ג Genesis 40:9 38t. (also construct, as Numbers 6:4; Deuteronomy 32:32; Isaiah 16:8,9), גָּ֑פֶן Judges 9:12 2t.; suffix גַּפְנִי Joel 1:7, גַּפְנְךָ Jeremiah 5:17, גַּפְנוֺ 1 Kings 5:5 3t., גַּפְנָהּ Hosea 2:14, גַּפְנָם Deuteronomy 32:32 2t.; plural גְּפָנִים Songs 2:13; Habakkuk 3:17 — vine (always grape-bearing except 2 Kings 4:39) Genesis 40:9,10 (in dream) Genesis 49:11; Numbers 20:5; Deuteronomy 8:8; Judges 9:12,13 (in allegory) 1 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 18:31 = Isaiah 36:16; Psalm 78:47; Psalm 105:33; Songs 2:13; Songs 6:11; Songs 7:13; Isaiah 7:23; Isaiah 24:7; Isaiah 32:12; Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 2:14; Joel 1:7,12; Joel 2:22; Micah 4:4; Habakkuk 3:17; Haggai 2:19; Zechariah 2:10; Zechariah 8:12; Malachi 3:11; גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה a vine bearing poisonous gourds 2 Kings 4:39; גֶּפֶן הַיַּיִן Numbers 6:4 (compare Genesis 40:10; Judges 9:13) Judges 13:14; אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת הַגֶּפֶן Songs 8:9; עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן Ezekiel 15:2,6; in simile of stars fading away at Yahweh's judgment Isaiah 34:4; in simile of wicked losing early promise Job 15:33; in simile of wife Psalm 128:3; figurative of Israel Psalm 80:9; Psalm 80:15; Ezekiel 17:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 17:7,8; Hosea 10:1 compare Ezekiel 19:10; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 6:9; also Hosea 14:8; figurative of Israel as easily destroyed Ezekiel 15:2,6; figurative of godless enemies of Israel Deuteronomy 32:32 compare Di; גֶּפֶן שִׂבְמָה figurative for prosperity of Moab Isaiah 16:8,9; Jeremiah 48:32. — On the vine in Syria compare Anderlind^{ZPV 1888, 160 ff}.

גפף (√ of following; compare Syriac in derivatives, curved, convex; also Arabic both hilly country and depression, Frey.)