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Strong's G288 ἄμπελος (ampelos)

Ampelos means “vine” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H288 — achimelek (“Ahimelech”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G288
Language Greek
Linked Usages 69
Books 28

Strong's G288 Quick Answer

Strong's G288 ἄμπελος (ampelos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ampelos (am'-pel-os) n. 1. a vine (as coiling about a support) [probably from the base of G297 and that of G257] It has 69 linked Bible usages across 28 books. Visible English usage signals include vine. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ampelos (am'-pel-os) n. 1. a vine (as coiling about a support) [probably from the base of G297 and that of G257]
Usage
69 linked usages
Books
28 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
vine

Meaning and Definition

ampelos (am'-pel-os) n. 1. a vine (as coiling about a support) [probably from the base of G297 and that of G257] KJV: vine Root(s): G297, G257

Original Word
ἄμπελος
Transliteration
ampelos
Derivation
Root: ἅλων R1: 297 R2: 257
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G288. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

vine

Usage: ἄμπελος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX for גֶּפֶן ;] vine: Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Luk.22:18 Jas.3:12; figuratively, of Christ, Jhn.15:1, 4-5; of his enemies (on the usage here, see MM, VGT, see word): Rev.14:18-19.† (AS)

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How Strong's G288 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ampelos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

vine Matthew 26:29

How Strong's G288 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 56 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G288 (ἄμπελος) appears 65 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G288 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G288 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 26:29 KJV

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Mark 14:25 KJV

Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:18 KJV

For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

Strong's G288 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

56 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 40:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.

Genesis 40:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And in the vine were three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.

Genesis 49:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Binding his foal to the vine, And the foal of his ass to the branch of it, He shall wash his robe in wine, And his garment in the blood of the grape.

Strong's G288 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 14:12 Septuagint / Brenton

for every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to fray them:

Wisdom of Sirach 24:17 Septuagint / Brenton

As the vine brought I forth pleasant savor, And my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches.

Strong's G288 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield

1 Enoch 32:4 Septuagint / Brenton

That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are like (those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit

Usage Excerpts

First 69 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G288.

Genesis 40:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.
Genesis 40:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the vine were three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.
Genesis 49:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Binding his foal to the vine, And the foal of his ass to the branch of it, He shall wash his robe in wine, And his garment in the blood of the grape.
Leviticus 25:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.
Leviticus 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a Sabbath to the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, and thou shalt not prune thy vine.
Numbers 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all the days of his vow: he shall eat no one of all the things that come from the vine, wine from the grapestones to the husk,
Numbers 20:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And wherefore is this? Ye have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink.
Numbers 22:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord stood in the avenues of the vines, a fence being on this side and a fence on that.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
Deuteronomy 32:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And their vine-branch of Gomorrah: Their grape is a grape of gall, Their cluster is one of bitterness.
Judges 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us.
Judges 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.
4 Kingdoms 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew them not.
4 Kingdoms 18:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Gain my favor, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink of the wine of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern;
Psalms 77:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He killed their vines with hail, And their sycamores with frost.
Psalms 79:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Psalms 79:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee: Look on us from heaven, And behold and visit this vine;
Psalms 104:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote their vines and their fig trees; And broke every tree of their coast.
Psalms 127:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine On the sides of thy house: Thy children as young olive plants Round about thy table.
Song of Solomon 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fig tree has put forth its young figs, The vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: Arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.
Song of Solomon 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: For our vines put forth tender grapes.
Song of Solomon 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I went down to the garden of nuts, To look at the fruits of the valley, To see if the vine flowered, If the pomegranates blossomed.
Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: And now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy nose as apples;
Song of Solomon 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us go early into the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has flowered, If the blossoms have appeared, If the pomegranates have blossomed; There will I give thee my breasts.
Isaiah 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine vat in it: and I waited for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.
Isaiah 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, for every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns.
Isaiah 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The plains of Heshbon shall mourn, the vine of Sibmah: swallowing up the nations, trample ye her vines, even to Jazer: ye shall not come together; wander ye in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to the sea.
Isaiah 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore will I weep as with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; Heshbon and Elealeh have cast down thy trees; for I will trample on thy harvest and on thy vintages, and all thy plants shall fall.
Isaiah 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all the merry-hearted shall sigh.
Isaiah 32:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and beat on your breasts, because of the pleasant field, and the fruit of the vine.
Isaiah 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the powers of the heavens shall melt, and the sky shall be rolled up like a scroll: and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig tree.
Isaiah 36:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hearken not to Hezekiah: thus says the king of the Assyrians, If ye wish to be blessed, come out to me: and ye shall eat every one of his vine and his fig trees, and ye shall drink water out of your own cisterns;
Jeremiah 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!
Jeremiah 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord, Glean, glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel: turn back your hands as a grape-gatherer to his basket.
Jeremiah 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig trees, and the leaves have fallen off.
Jeremiah 31:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon thy fruits, and upon thy grape-gatherers.
Lamentations 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has scattered his tabernacle as a vine, He has marred his feast: The Lord has forgotten the feast And the Sabbath which he appointed in Zion, And in the fury of his wrath Has vexed the king, and priest, and prince.
Ezekiel 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man—of all the wood of the branches that are among the trees of the forest, what shall be made of the wood of the vine?
Ezekiel 15:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord, As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire to be consumed, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared upon it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.
Ezekiel 17:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots were turned toward him, and she sent forth her branches toward him, that he might water her together with the growth of her plantation.
Ezekiel 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine.
Ezekiel 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoots abounded by reason of much water.
Hosea 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
Hosea 10:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Israel is a vine with goodly branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has multiplied her altars; according to the wealth of his land, he has set up pillars.
Hosea 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Lebanon.
Joel 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig trees: he has utterly searched my vine, and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.
Joel 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The vine is dried up, and the fig trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm tree, and apple, and all the trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have abolished joy.
Joel 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be of good courage, ye beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength.
Micah 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every one shall rest under his vine, and every one under his fig tree; and there shall be none to alarm them: for the mouth of the Lord Almighty has spoken these words.
Habakkuk 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For though the fig tree shall bear no fruit, And there shall be no produce on the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall produce no food: The sheep have failed from the pasture, And there are no oxen at the cribs;
Haggai 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.
Zechariah 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, ye shall call together every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I will show peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.
Malachi 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 26:29 New Testament, KJV
But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Mark 14:25 New Testament, KJV
Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
Luke 22:18 New Testament, KJV
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
John 15:1 New Testament, KJV
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
John 15:4 New Testament, KJV
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:5 New Testament, KJV
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
James 3:12 New Testament, KJV
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Revelation 14:18 New Testament, KJV
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
Revelation 14:19 New Testament, KJV
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
1 Maccabees 14:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to fray them:
Wisdom of Sirach 24:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As the vine brought I forth pleasant savor, And my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches.
1 Enoch 10:19 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield
1 Enoch 32:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are like (those of) the Carob tree: and its fruit

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G288, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G288 FAQ

What does ampelos (ἄμπελος) mean?

Ampelos (Strong's G288) is a Greek word most simply glossed "vine". ampelos (am'-pel-os) n. 1. a vine (as coiling about a support) [probably from the base of G297 and that of G257]

How many times is ampelos (ἄμπελος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 69 linked usages for Strong's G288 across 28 books.

Where can I study ampelos (ἄμπελος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G288 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ampelos (ἄμπελος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vine. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G288 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 56 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G288, with linked reader references where each row is available.