אֶשְׁכּוֹל
esh.kol
“cluster”
Definition
a bunch of grapes or other fruit
or אֶשְׁכֹּל; probably prolonged from H810 (אֶשֶׁךְ);
- cluster 1a) of grapes 1b) of flowers (metaphor of lover)
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֶשְׁכּוֹל appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But their vine is from the vine of Sodomand from the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are poisonous;their clusters are bitter.
and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
This is what the LORD says:“As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes,and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’so I will act on behalf of My servants;I will not destroy them all.
Woe is me!For I am like one gathering summer fruitat the gleaning of the vineyard;there is no cluster to eat,no early fig that I crave.
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
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