Vine

Vine This well-known and valuable plant is the subject of frequent. Biblical notice and a conspicuous element of Oriental agriculture.

I. The following Hebrew words denote the vine:

1. Géphen (גֶּפֶן), or, more definitely, géphen hay-yáyin (גֶּפֶן חִיִּיַן), of frequent occurrence in the Bible, and used in a general sense. Indeed, géphen sometimes is applied to a plant that resembles a vine in some particulars, as גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה (géphen sadeh), 2Ki 4:39, i.e. probably the colocynth plant, see GOURD, or גֶּפֶן סַדֹם (géphen sedom), the vine of Sodom, certainly not a vine. See VINE OF SODOM.