גֶּפֶן
gephen · gheh'-fen
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to bend;
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: vine, tree.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to speak, the word › the seed, life continuing
To carry, to lift up that works to speak, the word of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גֶּפֶן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
55 occurrences · 55 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- vine7 · 17%
- the vine4 · 10%
- and the vine3 · 7%
- as the vine3 · 7%
- unto the vine2 · 5%
- of the vine2 · 5%
- under his vine2 · 5%
- their vines2 · 5%
- behold, a vine1 · 2%
- and in the vine1 · 2%
- tree1 · 2%
- or of vines1 · 2%
- and vines1 · 2%
- for their vine1 · 2%
- is of the vine1 · 2%
- of his own vine1 · 2%
- a vine1 · 2%
- this vine1 · 2%
- and the vines1 · 2%
- whether the vine1 · 2%
- if the vine1 · 2%
- vines1 · 2%
- from the vine1 · 2%
- of his vine1 · 2%
- thy vines1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.