UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: βότρυς; -υος

Sense 1: grape, bunch of grapes

Semantic entry: 3.38

Semantic domains: Plants

Subdomains: Fruit Parts of Plants

Definition: the small round fruit, sweet and juicy, of a creeping plant that develops a woody stem when it matures; Vitis vinifera; symbol of blessing, prosperity, and happiness

Notes: Some scholars have contended that βότρυς means primarily a bunch of grapes, while σταφυλή designates individual grapes. In RV REV 14:18 · LV REV 14:18 · Read together REV 14:18 this difference might seem plausible, but there is scarcely any evidence for such a distinction, since both words may signify grapes as well as bunches of grapes.|In some languages it is necessary to borrow a term for ‘grapes’ from a dominant language and then employ some kind of classifier, for example, ‘fruit called grapes.’ In other languages grapes may be known as ‘wine fruit,’ since wine may be more widely known than a term for grapes.

Further resources: flora:2.12

REV 14:18: RV REV 14:18 · LV REV 14:18 · Read together REV 14:18

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OET-RV REV 14:18

18 And another messenger came from the altar, the one who had authority over the fire, and he shouted in a loud voice to the one with the sharp sickle, saying, “Extend your sharp sickle out and gather the clusters of the grapevine of the earth, because their grapes are ripe.”

OET-LV REV 14:18

18 And another messenger out _of the altar, which having authority over the fire, and he _called with_a_voice loud to _the one having the sickle the sharp saying:
Send of _you the sickle the sharp, and pick the clusters from _the vine of _the earth, because ripened the grapes of _it.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βότρυς

Form 1

Sense 1: grape, bunch of grapes