noun · masculine
ampelōnos
Strong’sG290
a vineyard
stem ampelōn-23 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Vineyard, a plot of land planted with grapevines 1234.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἀμπελών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(< ἄμπελος), [in LXX for כֶּרֶם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G290 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidam-pel-ohn'
a vineyard
Fromfrom G288;
King Jamesvineyard.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
vineyard, LXX+4th c.BC+; compare ἀμπελεών:—Diminutive ἀμπελ-ωνίδιον, τό, Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ampelōnos | ampelōnois |
| object accusative | ampelōnon11×ἀμπελῶνα | ampelōnoin |
| direct address vocative | ampelōnor | ampelōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ampelōnou10×ἀμπελῶνος | ampelōnoiu |
| to, for dative | ampelōno2×ἀμπελῶνι | ampelōnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ampelōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
23 occurrences, every one of them listed
ampelōnon“vineyard”objectaccusative singular11×
Matthew 20:1… hama prōi misthera ergatoin eis ton ampelōnon autou.… morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
Matthew 20:2… tan hēmeran apostelata autoin eis ton ampelōnon autou.… day and sent them into his vineyard.
Matthew 20:4… legata; Hupagavōr kai vis eis ton ampelōnon, kai hem ean ateiō dikaiem dōami …‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay …
Matthew 20:7… autoi; Hupagavōr kai vis eis ton ampelōnon.… them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
Matthew 21:33… akouavar. Anthrōpos ate oikodespotos hotinos futeuata ampelōnon kai fragmon auto peritithata kai orussata …… was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it …
Matthew 21:41… Kakosoin kakōs apolati autoin, kai ton ampelōnon ekdōeti allosoi geōrgoi, hotinois apodōali auto …… replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give …
Mark 12:1Kai archeta autoi en parabolai lalarō; Ampelōnon anthrōpos futeuata, kai peritithata fragmon kai …… in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it …
Mark 12:9… apolati toin geōrgoin, kai dōati ton ampelōnon allosoi.… kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
Luke 20:9… legarō tan parabolan houtan; Anthrōpos futeuata ampelōnon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata …… this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants …
Luke 20:16… toin geōrgoin houtoin, kai dōati ton ampelōnon allosoi. akouarantois de legala; Mē genetoia.… kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people …
1 Corinthians 9:7… strateuotō idiei opsōniei pote? tinos futeuatō ampelōnon kai ton karpon autou ouk esthiatō? …… his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its …
ampelōnou“vineyard”of, belonging togenitive singular10×
Matthew 20:8… de generantau legatō tos kurios tou ampelōnou to epitropo autou; Kalasar toin ergatoin …… evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the …
Matthew 21:39kai labarantois auton ekbalala exō tou ampelōnou kai apoktenala.… and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Matthew 21:40hotan oun erchateia tos kurios tou ampelōnou, tinem poiati toi geōrgoi ekeinoi?Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to …
Mark 12:2… geōrgoiu labateia apo toiu karpoiu tou ampelōnou;… share of the fruit of the vineyard.
Mark 12:8… auton, kai ekbalala auton exō tou ampelōnou.… and threw him out of the vineyard.
Mark 12:9tinem poiati tos kurios tou ampelōnou? ercheti kai apolati toin geōrgoin, kai …… then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill …
Luke 20:10… doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelōnou dōali auto; tois de geōrgois exapostelala …… share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant …
Luke 20:13legata de tos kurios tou ampelōnou; Tinem poiameia? pempami ton huion mu …… do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son …
Luke 20:15kai ekbalarantois auton exō tou ampelōnou apoktenala. tinem oun poiati autoi tos …… they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will …
Luke 20:15… oun poiati autoi tos kurios tou ampelōnou?… then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
ampelōno“vineyard”to, fordative singular2×
Matthew 21:28… Teknem, hupagasōr sēmeron ergazosōr en to ampelōno.… go and work today in the vineyard.’
Luke 13:6… Sukan echate tinos futeuorēntan en to ampelōno autou, kai erchata zētarōntos karpon en …… tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit …