Quick Definition
a grape, cluster of grapes
Strong's Definition
a cluster of grapes (as if intertwined)
Derivation: probably from the base of G4735 (στέφανος);
KJV Usage: grapes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σταφυλή, σταφυλῆς, ἡ, from Homer down, the Sept. for ςΕπΘα, grapes, a bunch of grapes: Mat_7:16; Luk_6:44; Rev_14:18 (cf. the Sept. as referred to under the word βότρυς).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σταφυλή staphylē 3x
a cluster or bunch of grapes, Mat_7:16 ; Luk_6:44 , Rev_14:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σταφυλή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H6025 ;]
a bunch of grapes: Mat_7:16 , Luk_6:44 , Rev_14:18 . "σ . is properly the ripe grape-cluster as opp . to ὄμφαξ , cf. Gen_40:10 , Job_15:33 ; as contrasted with βότρυς , it describes the grapes rather than the cluster on which they grow" ( Swete , Apoc., 187 f .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σταφυλή [page 587]
a grape ( Rev_14:18 : see Swete s note ad l. ) : PSI IV. 345 .12 (B.C. 256) Κριτίας σταφυλῆς φυλάκων , BGU IV. 1118 .14 (B.C. 22) σταφυλῆς βοτρύας , P Oxy I. 116 .18 (as amended II. p. 319) κ [ί ]στην σταφυλῆς λείαν καλῆς , a box of exceedingly good grapes, and BGU II. 417 .13 (ii/iii A.D.) περὶ τοῦ κοφίνου τῆς σταφυλῆς .
The word is used collectively in P Oxy XVI. 1834 .3 (v/vi A.D.) ἡ σταφυλὴ ἐφανίσθη <ἕ >νεκεν τοῦ νέου ὕδατος , the grapes have been destroyed owing to the inundation (Edd.), ib. 1913 .49 ( c. A.D. 555 ?) εἰς χρ (είαν ) τῆς σταφυλ (ῆς ) τῶν πωμαρ (ίων ) ἔξω τῆς πύλης , for the requirements of the grapes of the orchards outside the gate (Edd.). On an ostrakon-letter of mid. iii/B.C., published in Archiv vi. p. 221, we have ἐκ τῶν κοφίνων σταφυλη̣̑ς βοτρ̣[. ?]ο̣ι β̄ . A dim. σταφυλιων (σταφύλιον ?) is found in P Fay 127 .8 (ii/iii A.D.), and in P Tebt II. 585 (ii/A.D.) σταφυληγοῦντες and σακκηγοῦντες are mentioned.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σταφυλή στα^φυ^λή, ἡ, "a bunch of grapes", Hom. , Theocr. parox. σταφυλή, "the plummet of a level", ἵπποι σταφυλῇ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἔϊσαι horses matched in height "by the level", matched to a nicety, Il. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σταφυλή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX for עֵנָב ;]
a bunch of grapes: Mat.7:16, Luk.6:44, Rev.14:18. "σ. is properly the ripe grape-cluster as opposite to ὄμφαξ, cf. Gen.40:10, Job.15:33; as contrasted with βότρυς, it describes the grapes rather than the cluster on which they grow" (Swete, Apoc., 187 f.).†
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