ἄμπελος, , ἡ (from Homer down), a vine: Mat_26:29; Mar_14:25; Luk_22:18; Jas_3:12. In Joh_15:1; Joh_15:4 f Christ calls himself a vine, because, as the vine imparts to its branches sap and productiveness, so Christ infuses into his followers his own divine strength and life. ἄμπελος τῆς γῆς in Rev_14:18 (Rec.st omits τῆς ἀμπέλου.), Joh_15:19, signifies the enemies of Christ, who, ripe for destruction, are likened to clusters of grapes, to be cut off, thrown into the winepress, and trodden there.

ἄμπελος ampelos 9x a vine, grape-vine vine.

ἄμπελος , -ου , ἡ , [in LXX for H1612 ;] vine: Mat_26:29 , Mar_14:25 , Luk_22:18 Jas_3:12 ; fig ., of Christ, Joh_15:1 ; Joh_15:4-5 ; of his enemies (on the usage here, v . MM , VGT , s.v. ): Rev_14:18-19 .†

ἄμπελος [page 27] ἄμπελος is amply vouched for in the papyri, as in BGU IV. 1119 10 , 1123 2 (both time of Augustus), and P Lond 921 8 (late ii/iii A.D.) (= 111. p. 134) ἦσαν ἐν ἀμπέλῳ , planted with vines. In P Petr I. 29 4 (iii/B.C.) πεφύτευται δὲ καὶ ἡ ἄμπελος πᾶσα , ἄ . is used in a collective sense : cf. P Flor I. 50 2 (A.D. 268) ἐξ ἴσου τῆ [ς ἀμπέ ]λου μεριζομένης . This use of ἄμπελος (so MGr ἀμπέλι ) which makes it equivalent to ἀμπελών , occurs also in the Median parchments, P SaΏd Khan (B.C. 88 and 22), deeds concerning the transfer of a vineyard, which is never called ἀμπελών in the documents. We may probably apply this use in Rev_14:18-19 , and perhaps in Didache 9:2.

ἄμπελος [Etym: Perh.from ἀμπί (aeolic for ἀμφί), ἕλιξ, from its "clasping tendrils".] "a vine", Lat. vitis, Od. , etc.

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)