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Lexicon :: Strong's H811 - 'eškōôl

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אֶשְׁכֹּוֹל
Transliteration
'eškōôl
Pronunciation
esh-kole'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably prolonged from אֶשֶׁךְ (H810)
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TWOT Reference: 178

Strong’s Definitions

אֶשְׁכּוֹל ʼeshkôwl, esh-kole'; or אֶשְׁכֹּל ʼeshkôl; probably prolonged from H810; a bunch of grapes or other fruit:—cluster (of grapes).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H811 in the following manner: cluster (8x), cluster of grapes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H811 in the following manner: cluster (8x), cluster of grapes (1x).

  1. cluster

    1. of grapes

    2. of flowers (metaphor of lover)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶשְׁכּוֹל ʼeshkôwl, esh-kole'; or אֶשְׁכֹּל ʼeshkôl; probably prolonged from H810; a bunch of grapes or other fruit:—cluster (of grapes).
STRONGS H811: Abbreviations
† אֶשְׁכּוֺל (אֶשְׁכֹּל Cant 7:8) noun masculineNumbers 13:23 cluster (Ethiopic bdb007903, Arabic bdb007904, Aramaic אִיתְכְּלָא; etymology dubious; Thes MV below √ שׁכל, but no suitable meaning proven; Sta§ 258; 300 derives from √ אשׁך with afformative ל) — א׳ absolute Numbers 13:24 +; construct Numbers 13:23 +; plural אַשְׁכֹּלוֺת Cant 7:8; construct אַשְׁכְּלֹת Deuteronomy 32:32, אֶשְׁכְּלוֺת Cant 7:9; suffix אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶיהָ Genesis 40:10; —
1. cluster of grapes, עֲנָבִים א׳ Numbers 13:23 compare Numbers 13:24; see also Genesis 40:10 הִבְשִׁילוּ עֲנָבִים א׳ its clusters ripened grapes; hence figurative of deeds of enemies of Israel, clusters of gall have they Deuteronomy 32:32 (|| עִנְבֵי רוֺשׁ); figurative of Israel Isaiah 65:8 יִמָּצֵא הַתִּירוֺשׁ בְּא׳; Micah 7:1 אֵין אֶשְׁכּוֺל לֶאֱכוֺל figurative of desolation of Israel under Yahweh's judgment; Songs 7:9 in simile שָׁדַיִךְ כְּאֶשְׁכְּלוֺת הַגֶּפֶן compare Songs 7:8 (where Thes MV think of clusters of dates, see תָּמָר palm-tree, ib.)
2. cluster of henna-flowers, הַכֹּפֶר א׳ (see כפר), metaphor of the beloved one Songs 1:14. (compare GrünwaldIsrael. Letterbode, Amst., xi. 148 f.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

40:10; 40:10

Numbers

13:23; 13:23; 13:23; 13:24; 13:24

Deuteronomy

32:32; 32:32

Song of Songs

1:14; 7:8; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:9

Isaiah

65:8

Micah

7:1

H811

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Strong's Number H811 matches the Hebrew אֶשְׁכֹּוֹל ('eškōôl),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10 - The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:24 - That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
and their clusters are bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En-gedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:7 - You are slender like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:8 - I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like grape clusters,
and the fragrance of your breath like apples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 - “But I will not destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
(and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away—
some of those grapes are good!’),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
For I still have true servants there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:1 - How miserable I am!
I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest
who can find nothing to eat.
Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig
can be found to satisfy my hunger.
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