στᾰφῠλ-ή G4718
a bunch or cluster of grapes, fresh fruit still on the vine or recently harvested
The Greek word for a bunch of grapes—fruit clustered together on the stem. Jesus uses it in parallel teachings: you cannot gather grapes from thornbushes (Matt 7:16, Luke 6:44), and Revelation 14:18 depicts an angel gathering 'the clusters of grapes of the earth's vine' for the winepress of God's wrath. The image evokes vineyards, harvest, and the fruit that reveals a plant's true nature. Classical Greek distinguishes fresh grapes (σταφυλή) from dried raisins and unripe grapes, emphasizing the ripe, ready-to-harvest state.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Uniform translations: English 'grapes', Spanish 'uva/uvas', French 'raisin', German 'Trauben'. Jesus' proverbial use (you know a plant by its fruit) assumes grapes grow on vines, not thornbushes—obvious agricultural wisdom becomes spiritual metaphor. Revelation's apocalyptic harvest extends the image: humanity as a vineyard, clusters gathered for divine judgment, the grapes pressed in the winepress of wrath. 3×
AR["عَناقيدُها", "عِنَبًا"]·ben["আঙুর"]·DE["Trauben", "σταφυλὰς", "σταφυλὴν"]·EN["grapes"]·FR["raisin"]·heb["עֲנָבִים", "עֲנָבֶיהָ"]·HI["अंगूर"]·ID["anggur", "buah-anggur"]·IT["staphulai", "uva"]·jav["anggur", "woh-anggur", "wohipun"]·KO["포도-를", "포도들이", "포도를"]·PT["uvas"]·RU["виноград", "ягоды"]·ES["uva", "uvas"]·SW["zabibu", "zabibu,"]·TR["üzüm", "üzümleri", "üzümü"]·urd["انگور"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
στᾰφῠλ-ή, ἡ, bunch of grapes, σταφυλῇσι μέγα βρίθουσαν ἀλωήν NT+8th c.BC+; Πυρναίαις σ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; of ripe, fresh grapes, opposed to ὄμφαξ on the one hand, and σταφίς on the other, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 σ. ἀγρία,= μήλωθρον Refs 4th c.BC+ __II uvula when swollen at the end so as to resemble a grape on the stalk, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the uvula generally, Refs 2nd c.AD+; inflammation of the uvula,…