אֶשְׁכּוֹלʼeshkôwl
cluster
Pronunciation: esh-kole' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H811
Meanings
1. cluster of grapes (Numbers 13:23; Numbers 13:24; Genesis 40:10)
2. cluster of henna-flowers (Song of Solomon 1:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 40:10 The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.
- Numbers 13:23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.
- Numbers 13:24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.
- Deuteronomy 32:32 Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.
- Song of Solomon 1:14 He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Song of Solomon 7:7 You are slender like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.
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).