כֹּרֵםkôrêm

tend vineyards, dress vines

Pronunciation: ko-rame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3755

Meanings

Qal: vinedressers (2 Kings 25:12; Jeremiah 52:16; Joel 1:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 25:12 But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:10 He also constructed forts in the wilderness and dug many water cisterns, because he kept great herds of livestock in the foothills of Judah and on the plains. He was also a man who loved the soil. He had many workers who cared for his farms and vineyards, both on the hillsides and in the fertile valleys.
  • Isaiah 61:5 Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards.
  • Jeremiah 52:16 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.
  • Joel 1:11 Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley— all the crops of the field—are ruined.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).