noun · feminine
ampelas
Strong’sG288
a vine
stem ampel-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄμπελος, -ου, ἡ,
[in LXX for גֶּפֶן;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G288 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
any climbing plant with tendrils, especially grape-vine, Vitis vinifera (ἄ. οἰνοφόροςRefs 1st c.AD+; ἄ.τῆς Ἴδης is a variety, V.see. apyrena, grape-currant, Refs 8th c.BC+; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοιRefs 8th c.BC+; ἄ. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κόπτοντες, in collective sense (compare ἵππος, ἡ), Refs 5th c.BC+; of wine, ἀμπέλου δρόσοςRefs 5th c.BC+
2 ἄ. ἀγρία wild vine, Vitis silvestris, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, Refs 1st c.AD+ white grape, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 ἄ μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, Refs 1st c.AD+
5 ἄ. ποντία wrack, Fucus volubilis, Refs 4th c.BC+
II vineyard, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III engine for protecting besiegers, mantlet, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV measure of length, = Refs 2nd c.BC+
V ={αἰγιαλός} (Cyren.), Refs 5th c.AD+
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 | ampelas3×ἄμπελος | ampelais |
| object accusative | ampelan1×ἄμπελον | ampelain |
| direct address vocative | ampelar | ampelair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ampelau4×ἀμπέλου | ampelaiu |
| to, for dative | ampela1×ἀμπέλῳ | ampelai |
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
ampela 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.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
ampelas“vine”subjectnominative singular3×
John 15:1Mis amō tas ampelas tas alēthinas, kai tos patros mu …“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper …
John 15:5mis amō tas ampelas, vis teim klēmeim. tos menarōntos en …I am the vine and you are the branches. The …
James 3:12… adelfoir mu, sukas elaiain poiara ē ampelas sukeim? oute halukem glukuem poiara hudem.… fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt …
ampelan“vine”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 14:19“vine”… eis tan gēan, kai trugata tan ampelan tau gēau, kai balata eis tan …… over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress …
ampelau“vine”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 26:29… arti ek houteu teu genēmeu tau ampelau heōs tau hēmerau ekeinau hotan autem …… drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day …
Mark 14:25… mē pinameia ek teu genēmeu tau ampelau heōs tau hēmerau ekeinau hotan autem …… drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink …
Luke 22:18… tou nun apo teu genēmeu tau ampelau heōs hou tas basileias tou theou …… drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom …
Revelation 14:18… oxuem kai trugasar toin botruoin tau ampelau tau gēau, hoti akmazala tais stafulais …… the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes …
ampela“vine”to, fordative singular1×
John 15:4… heauteu ean mē menateiō en ta ampela, houtōs oude vis ean mē en …… itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless …