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Hosea 10:1
“Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1612 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to bend;
- KJV renderings
- vine, tree.
- Grammar
- גֶּ֤פֶן — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 55 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 40:9Genesis 40:10Genesis 49:11Numbers 6:4Numbers 20:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גֶּפֶן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.