Hebrew noun (masculine) · H811
אֶשְׁכּוֹל
eshkolesh-kole'
cluster
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼeshkôwl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H811is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H811
a bunch of grapes or other fruit
The King James renders it: cluster (of grapes).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eshkol is rendered "cluster". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Song of Solomon, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 40:10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Genesis 40:10אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Song of Solomon.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a cluster of grapes1
- and a cluster of1
- cluster of1
- clusters1
- clusters its1
- in the cluster of grapes1
- like clusters of1
- the cluster1
- to clusters1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶשְׁנָב | eshnab | lattice | Uses2 |
| אֶשְׁכָּר | eshkar | gift | Uses2 |
| אֶשְׁפָּר | eshpar | raisin bun | Uses2 |
| אֶשְׁתַּדּוּר | eshtaddur | sedition | Uses2 |
| אֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי | Eshqeloni | Ashkelonite | Uses1 |
| אֶשְׁתָּאֻלִי | Eshtauli | Eshtaolite | Uses1 |
| אֶשְׁדָּת | eshdath | fiery | Usesnot recorded |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹל1
- אֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל1
- אַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת1
- אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָ1
- בָּֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל1
- הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹל1
- וְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל1
- כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת1
- לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1HR/Ncfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
- אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָʾashkeloteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: clusters its
Numbers
two uses
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
- וְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹלveeshkolconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a cluster of
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
- הָֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹלhaeshkolthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the cluster
Deuteronomy
one use
But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
- אַשְׁכְּלֹ֥תʾashkelotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: clusters
Song of Solomon
three uses
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- אֶשְׁכֹּ֨לʾeshkolnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cluster of
Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
- לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃leashkolotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: to clusters
I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
- כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹתkeeshkelotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like clusters of
Isaiah
one use
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
- בָּֽאֶשְׁכּ֔וֹלbaeshkolpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the cluster of grapes
Micah
one use
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
- אֶשְׁכּ֣וֹלʾeshkolnoun · masculine singulartagged: a cluster of grapes
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.