H6025 — עֵנָב (enab)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H6025
Original: עֵנָב
Transliteration: ʻênâb
Pronunciation: ay-nawb
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: Unused root, probably meaning to bear fruit
Occurrences: 17 unique verses (19 tokens) in OT
Books: 9
First Occurrence: Gen 40:10 — "And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From an unused root probably meaning to bear fruit; a grape: — (ripe) grape, wine.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
grapes	9	52.9%
of grapes	4	23.5%
the grapes	2	11.8%
like grapes	1	5.9%
of the grape	1	5.9%
of wine	1	5.9%
their grapes	1	5.9%

Nearly all uses (94%) translate as some form of "grapes." The sole "wine" rendering (Deut 32:14) is metonymic — "the pure blood of the grape" (dam enab), where the grape stands for its juice.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Hosea	2	1.0
Amos	1	0.7
Deuteronomy	3	0.3
Genesis	3	0.2
Numbers	3	0.2
Nehemiah	1	0.2
Isaiah	2	0.2
Jeremiah	1	0.1
Leviticus	1	0.1

Spread thinly across the OT with no heavy concentration. Prophetic books (Hosea, Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah) collectively hold 6 of 17 verses. The Pentateuch accounts for 10 of 17. Absent from Psalms, wisdom literature, and all historical books except Nehemiah.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Grape as Agricultural Product¶

The literal fruit, harvested or growing on the vine. - Gen 40:10 — "the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes" (butler's dream) - Gen 40:11 — "I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup" - Num 13:23 — "cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes" (Eshcol spies) - Deut 23:24 — "thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure" - Neh 13:15 — "bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs"

2. Grape in Nazirite and Sabbatical Regulations¶

Grapes as the regulated substance in cultic law. - Num 6:3 — "shall drink no vinegar of wine... nor eat moist grapes, or dried" (Nazirite vow) - Lev 25:5 — "neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed" (Sabbatical year)

3. Grape as Metaphor for God's People¶

Israel or its condition figured as grapes on a vine. - Hos 9:10 — "I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness" (discovery/delight) - Isa 5:2 — "he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes" (vineyard parable) - Isa 5:4 — "when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, [it] brought forth wild grapes"

4. Grape in Judgment and Covenant Curse¶

Bad grapes, absent grapes, or toxic grapes signaling divine displeasure. - Deut 32:32 — "their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter" (Song of Moses — enemies' poisoned vine) - Jer 8:13 — "there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree" (judgment oracle)

5. Grape in Eschatological Abundance¶

Future blessing depicted through grape imagery. - Amos 9:13 — "the treader of grapes him that soweth seed" (millennial overproduction) - Deut 32:14 — "thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape" (dam enab = wine as covenant blessing)

6. Grape in Prophetic Object Lesson¶

Grapes as a symbol in a sign-act or parabolic statement. - Hos 3:1 — "who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine [raisin cakes of grapes]" (Israel's idolatrous appetite) - Gen 49:11 — "he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes" (Judah's messianic blessing)

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
בּוֹא (bo)	H935	5x	"bring grapes" / grapes as produce brought in
גֶּפֶן (gephen)	H1612	4x	"grapes on the vine" — the plant bearing the fruit
תְּאֵן (te'en)	H8384	4x	"grapes and figs" — paired harvest produce
אֶשְׁכּוֹל (eshkol)	H811	3x	"cluster of grapes" — standard harvest unit
יַיִן (yayin)	H3196	3x	"wine... grape" — product alongside its source
דָּם (dam)	H1818	2x	"blood of the grape" — metonymic wine expression
בְּאֻשִׁים (be'ushim)	H891	2x	"wild grapes" (stinking/worthless grapes) — Isa 5:2, 4

Word Family / Cognates¶

No attested cognate verb in biblical Hebrew. The root is unused, probably meaning "to bear fruit."

Synonyms¶

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Antonyms¶

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Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
σταφυλή (staphyle)	G4718	"grapes" (NT)	Greek NT equivalent; 3 NT verses (Matt 7:16, Luke 6:44, Rev 14:18); LXX primary rendering of enab
עֹלֵלָה (olelah)	H5955	"grapes" (gleanings)	Specifically the gleaning-grapes left after harvest, not the main crop; from root H5953 "glean"

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[001002008003004] Fruits — the direct produce-field for grapes as an agricultural fruit and harvest item.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI	Notes
σταφυλή (staphyle) G4718	15	10.29	Primary — "bunch/cluster of grapes"
ἄμπελος (ampelos) G288	5	7.12	"vine" — metonymic (the plant for the fruit)
βότρυς (botrys) G1009	3	9.05	"grape cluster" — synonym of staphyle
συκῆ (syke) G4808	3	7.30	"fig tree" — from co-occurring grape/fig pairs
οἶνος (oinos) G3631	4	5.05	"wine" — product metonymy