Lexicon :: Strong's G5452 - phyteuō

The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.

Noah, as a man of the soil, began by planting[fn] a vineyard.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

“Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

“Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit?[fn] Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.[fn]

“You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

“You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

“I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams[fn]

that bears its fruit in its season,

and its leaf does not wither.

Whatever he does prospers.

the root[fn] your right hand planted,

the son[fn] that you made strong for yourself.

Planted in the house of the LORD,

they thrive in the courts of our God.

Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,

the one who formed the eye not see?

The trees of the LORD flourish,[fn]

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest.

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and whoever looks after his master will be honored.

I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

a time to give birth and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to uproot;[fn]

The sayings of the wise are like cattle prods, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.[fn]

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,

and planted it with the finest vines.

He built a tower in the middle of it

and even dug out a winepress there.

He expected it to yield good grapes,

but it yielded worthless grapes.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,

and you have failed to remember

the rock of your strength;

therefore you will plant beautiful plants

and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

“ ‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

They are barely planted, barely sown,

their stem hardly takes root in the ground

when he blows on them and they wither,

and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.

He cuts down[fn] cedars for his use,

or he takes a cypress or an oak.

He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.

He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

“They will not build and others live in them;

they will not plant and others eat.

For my people’s lives will be

like the lifetime of a tree.

My chosen ones will fully enjoy

the work of their hands.

I planted you, a choice vine

from the very best seed.

How then could you turn into

a degenerate, foreign vine?

You planted them, and they have taken root.

They have grown and produced fruit.

You are ever on their lips,[fn]

but far from their conscience.[fn]

“Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

“For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.” ’ ”

You will plant vineyards again

on the mountains of Samaria;

the planters will plant and will enjoy the fruit.

“I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.

“‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you, and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the LORD says: “What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot ​— ​the whole land!

“Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,[fn]

planted by the water;

it was fruitful and full of branches

because of abundant water.

“Now it is planted in the wilderness,

in a dry and thirsty land.

“They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’ ”

Therefore, because you trample on the poor

and exact a grain tax from him,

you will never live in the houses of cut stone

you have built;

you will never drink the wine

from the lush vineyards

you have planted.

I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.[fn]

They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities,

plant vineyards and drink their wine,

make gardens and eat their produce.