Strong’s H1612 · Hebrew

גֶּפֶן
gephen
gheh'-fen

Definition

a vine (as twining), especially the grape

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to bend;

Where the KJV renders it

  • vine
  • tree

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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