3754. kerem

Lexicon

kerem: Vineyard

Original Word: כֶּרֶם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: kerem
Pronunciation: keh'-rem
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-rem)
Definition: Vineyard
Meaning: a garden, vineyard

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

vines, increase of the vineyards, vintage

From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard -- vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also Beyth hak-Kerem.

see HEBREW Beyth hak-Kerem

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a vineyard
NASB Translation
vineyard (47), vineyards (45).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כֶּרֶם₉₂ noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 28:30} (feminine^{Isaiah 27:2}) vineyard (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּרְמָא Zinjirli כרם DHM^Sendsch.58; Arabic , vine; Ethiopic vine; Jen^{ZA vii. (1892), 217} compare Assyrian Karânu, vine; — etymology dubious; Thes and others compare Arabic noble, Generous, fertile, but precarious); — absolute ׳כ Exodus 22:4 +, כָּ֑רֶם Genesis 9:20 +; construct כֶּרֶם 1 Kings 21:7 +; suffix כַּרְמִי Isaiah 5:3 +, כַּרְמְךָ Exodus 23:11 +, etc.; plural כְּרָמִים Joshua 24:13 +; construct כַּרְמֵי Amos 5:1 2t.; suffix כְּרָמֵנוּ Nehemiah 5:3 3t.; כַרְמֵיכֶם Amos 4:9 2t., etc., — vineyard Genesis 9:20 (J), 1 Kings 21:1 9t. 1 Kings 21; Songs 2:15 (twice in verse) +; so even Judges 15:5 (where read וזית ׳כָ compare GFM, who however doubts Genuineness); + זַּיִת Exodus 23:11 (E) and often (V. זית); + שָׂדֶה Exodus 22:4; Exodus 22:5 (E), and often; figurative of Israel under ׳יs. care Isaiah 5:1ff., compare Isaiah 3:14; Jeremiah 12:10; figurative of Shulamite's complexion Songs 1:6, of her heart Songs 8:12. — Vbs. governing ׳כ are: — נָטַע Genesis 9:20; Amos 5:11 16t., compare ׳מַטָּעֵי כ Micah 1:6; זָרַע Deuteronomy 22:9 (c. 2 accusative); חִלֵּל = begin to use fruit of, Deuteronomy 20:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 28:30; Jeremiah 31:5; זָמַר prune, Leviticus 25:3,4; בָּצַר gather, harvest (literally cut off, i.e. grapes, Leviticus 25:5,11), Deuteronomy 24:21; Judges 9:27, compare לִקֵּשׁ Job 24:6; עוֺלֵל glean, Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:21; אָכַל Joshua 24:13 (usually 'eat fruit of' Isaiah 65:21, etc.); locusts devour Amos 4:9 (si vera lectio) On

proper name, of a location אָבֵל כְּרָמִים see II. אָבֵל

4; בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to tend or cultivate.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G288 (amphora): A large jar or container, often used for storing wine, which would be produced from a vineyard.
• G290 (ampelos): A vine, particularly a grapevine, directly related to the concept of a vineyard.
• G2933 (kleronomia): Inheritance, which can include vineyards as part of one's heritage or estate.
• G5564 (chorion): A place or piece of land, which can include a vineyard as part of a larger estate or property.

These Greek terms, while not direct translations, relate to the broader context of vineyards and their significance in both Hebrew and Greek cultures.

Usage: The term כֶּרֶם is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a vineyard, a place where grapevines are cultivated. It is often associated with agricultural practices and symbolizes abundance, blessing, and sometimes judgment.

Context: The Hebrew word כֶּרֶם (kerem) is frequently encountered in the Old Testament, where it primarily denotes a vineyard. Vineyards were significant in ancient Israelite society, both economically and symbolically. They were a source of wine, an important commodity, and a symbol of prosperity and divine blessing. The cultivation of vineyards required careful attention and labor, reflecting the agrarian lifestyle of the Israelites.

In the biblical narrative, vineyards are often used metaphorically. For instance, in Isaiah 5:1-7, the vineyard represents the house of Israel, and the imagery is used to convey God's disappointment with His people's unfaithfulness. Similarly, in the Song of Solomon, the vineyard is a symbol of love and beauty.

The concept of a vineyard also appears in legal contexts, such as in the laws concerning gleaning (Leviticus 19:10) and the prohibition against planting different kinds of seeds in a vineyard (Deuteronomy 22:9). These laws highlight the importance of maintaining purity and order in agricultural practices.

In the Berean Standard Bible, the term is used in various contexts, illustrating both literal and figurative meanings. For example, in Genesis 9:20, Noah is described as a man of the soil who planted a vineyard. In Proverbs 24:30-31, the neglected vineyard serves as a warning against laziness.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּכֶ֣רֶם בְּכַרְמֵ֖י בְכָ֑רֶם בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ בכרם בכרמי בכרמים׃ הַ֨כְּרָמִ֔ים הַכְּרָמִ֑ים הַכְּרָמִ֔ים הַכֶּ֔רֶם הַכֶּ֖רֶם הַכָּֽרֶם׃ הכרם הכרם׃ הכרמים וְכֶ֖רֶם וְכֶ֣רֶם וְכֶ֧רֶם וְכַרְמְךָ֖ וְכַרְמְךָ֙ וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֖ם וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֛ם וָכָ֑רֶם וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וּבַכְּרָמִ֥ים וּכְרָמִ֔ים וּכְרָמִ֖ים וּכְרָמִ֗ים וּכְרָמִֽים׃ וּכְרָמִים֙ וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ וּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּ וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃ ובכרם ובכרמים וכרם וכרמיכם וכרמים וכרמים׃ וכרמינו וכרמינו׃ וכרמך כְּרָמִ֑ים כְּרָמִ֔ים כְּרָמִ֖ים כְּרָמִ֤ים כְּרָמִ֥ים כְּרָמִ֧ים כְּרָמִֽים׃ כְּרָמֶ֙יהָ֙ כְרָמִ֑ים כְרָמִ֔ים כְרָמִ֖ים כֶ֔רֶם כֶ֖רֶם כֶ֜רֶם כֶּ֖רֶם כֶּ֙רֶם֙ כֶּ֛רֶם כֶּ֝֗רֶם כֶּ֣רֶם כֶּ֣רֶם ׀ כֶּ֥רֶם כֶּ֧רֶם כַּרְמ֖וֹ כַּרְמְךָ֔ כַּרְמְךָ֖ כַּרְמְךָ֙ כַּרְמְךָ֜ כַּרְמִ֥י כַּרְמִֽי׃ כַּרְמֵ֣י כַּרְמֵי־ כַּרְמֵיהֶ֥ם כַּרְמֵיהֶם֙ כַּרְמֵיכֶ֧ם כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ כַרְמִ֔י כָ֑רֶם כָּֽרֶם׃ כרם כרם׃ כרמו כרמי כרמי־ כרמי׃ כרמיה כרמיהם כרמיכם כרמים כרמים׃ כרמך לְכַרְמ֑וֹ לְכַרְמְךָ֖ לְכַרְמִ֑י לְכַרְמִ֔י לַכְּרָמִ֔ים לכרמו לכרמי לכרמים לכרמך שֶׁבַּכְּרָמִים֙ שבכרמים bak·kə·rā·mîm bakkeraMim bakkərāmîm ḇə·ḵā·rem bə·ḵar·mê bə·ḵe·rem becharMei beCherem ḇəḵārem bəḵarmê bəḵerem Charem charMi cheraMim Cherem hak·kā·rem hak·kə·rā·mîm hak·ke·rem hakKarem hakkārem hakkeraMim hakkərāmîm hakkerem kā·rem ḵā·rem kar·mê kar·mê- kar·mê·hem kar·me·ḵā kar·mə·ḵā kar·mê·ḵem kar·mî ḵar·mî kar·mōw Karem kārem ḵārem karmê karmê- karmeCha karmêhem karMei karmeiChem karmeiHem karmeḵā karməḵā karmêḵem karMi karmî ḵarmî karMo karmōw kə·rā·me·hā kə·rā·mîm ḵə·rā·mîm ke·rem ḵe·rem kərāmehā keraMeiha keraMim kərāmîm ḵərāmîm kerem ḵerem lak·kə·rā·mîm lakkeraMim lakkərāmîm lə·ḵar·mə·ḵā lə·ḵar·mî lə·ḵar·mōw lecharmeCha lecharMi lecharMo ləḵarməḵā ləḵarmî ləḵarmōw šeb·bak·kə·rā·mîm šebbakkərāmîm shebbakkeraMim ū·ḇak·kə·rā·mîm ū·ḇə·ḵe·rem ū·ḵə·rā·mê·nū ū·ḵə·rā·mîm ūḇakkərāmîm ūḇəḵerem ucheraMeinu ucheraMim ūḵərāmênū ūḵərāmîm uvakkeraMim uveCherem vaCharem veCharem vecharmeCha vecharmeiChem veCherem wā·ḵā·rem wāḵārem wə·ḵar·mə·ḵā wə·ḵar·mê·ḵem wə·ḵe·rem wəḵarməḵā wəḵarmêḵem wəḵerem

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 9:20
HEB: הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃
NAS: farming and planted a vineyard.
KJV: and he planted a vineyard:
INT: land and planted A vineyard

Exodus 22:5
HEB: שָׂדֶ֣ה אוֹ־ כֶ֔רֶם וְשִׁלַּח֙ אֶת־
NAS: or vineyard be grazed
KJV: shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten,
INT: A field or vineyard and lets beast

Exodus 22:5
HEB: שָׂדֵ֛הוּ וּמֵיטַ֥ב כַּרְמ֖וֹ יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ ס
NAS: and the best of his own vineyard.
KJV: and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
INT: field and the best vineyard shall make

Exodus 23:11
HEB: כֵּֽן־ תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְכַרְמְךָ֖ לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: the same with your vineyard [and] your olive grove.
KJV: In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
INT: the same do your vineyard your olive

Leviticus 19:10
HEB: וְכַרְמְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תְעוֹלֵ֔ל
NAS: shall you glean your vineyard, nor
KJV: And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather
INT: your vineyard Nor glean

Leviticus 19:10
HEB: תְעוֹלֵ֔ל וּפֶ֥רֶט כַּרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְלַקֵּ֑ט
NAS: the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave
KJV: [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave
INT: glean the fallen of your vineyard nor gather

Leviticus 25:3
HEB: שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְמֹ֣ר כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ אֶת־
NAS: you shall prune your vineyard and gather
KJV: thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather
INT: years shall prune your vineyard and gather crop

Leviticus 25:4
HEB: לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר׃
NAS: nor prune your vineyard.
KJV: thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
INT: nor sow your vineyard nor prune

Numbers 16:14
HEB: נַחֲלַ֖ת שָׂדֶ֣ה וָכָ֑רֶם הַעֵינֵ֞י הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים
NAS: of fields and vineyards. Would you put
KJV: of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out
INT: an inheritance of fields and vineyards the eyes of

Numbers 20:17
HEB: נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה
NAS: field or through vineyard; we will not even drink
KJV: through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink
INT: pass field vineyard even drink

Numbers 21:22
HEB: נִטֶּה֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם לֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה
NAS: off into field or vineyard; we will not drink
KJV: into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink
INT: turn field vineyard we will not drink

Numbers 22:24
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה בְּמִשְׁע֖וֹל הַכְּרָמִ֑ים גָּדֵ֥ר מִזֶּ֖ה
NAS: in a narrow path of the vineyards, [with] a wall
KJV: in a path of the vineyards, a wall
INT: of the LORD A narrow of the vineyards a wall this

Deuteronomy 6:11
HEB: לֹא־ חָצַ֔בְתָּ כְּרָמִ֥ים וְזֵיתִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees
KJV: which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees,
INT: did not dig vineyards and olive which

Deuteronomy 20:6
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ נָטַ֥ע כֶּ֙רֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א חִלְּל֔וֹ
NAS: that has planted a vineyard and has not begun
KJV: [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] eaten
INT: that planted A vineyard not begun

Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB: לֹא־ תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם פֶּן־
NAS: You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds
KJV: Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds:
INT: shall not sow your vineyard two or

Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB: תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃ ס
NAS: and the increase of the vineyard will become defiled.
KJV: and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
INT: have sown and the increase of the vineyard

Deuteronomy 23:24
HEB: כִּ֤י תָבֹא֙ בְּכֶ֣רֶם רֵעֶ֔ךָ וְאָכַלְתָּ֧
NAS: your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat
KJV: into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat
INT: When enter vineyard your neighbor's may eat

Deuteronomy 24:21
HEB: כִּ֤י תִבְצֹר֙ כַּרְמְךָ֔ לֹ֥א תְעוֹלֵ֖ל
NAS: you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over
KJV: When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean
INT: When gather of your vineyard shall not go

Deuteronomy 28:30
HEB: תֵשֵׁ֣ב בּ֑וֹ כֶּ֥רֶם תִּטַּ֖ע וְלֹ֥א
NAS: in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.
KJV: therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes
INT: you will not live A vineyard shall plant you will not

Deuteronomy 28:39
HEB: כְּרָמִ֥ים תִּטַּ֖ע וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ
NAS: and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither
KJV: Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress
INT: vineyards shall plant and cultivate

Joshua 24:13
HEB: וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּהֶ֑ם כְּרָמִ֤ים וְזֵיתִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves
KJV: not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards
INT: built have lived of vineyards and olive which

Judges 9:27
HEB: וַֽיִּבְצְר֤וּ אֶת־ כַּרְמֵיהֶם֙ וַֽיִּדְרְכ֔וּ וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ
NAS: and gathered [the grapes of] their vineyards and trod
KJV: and gathered their vineyards, and trode
INT: the field and gathered their vineyards and trod and held

Judges 11:33
HEB: וְעַד֙ אָבֵ֣ל כְּרָמִ֔ים מַכָּ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֣ה
KJV: and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very
INT: far the plain vines slaughter great

Judges 14:5
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־ כַּרְמֵ֣י תִמְנָ֔תָה וְהִנֵּה֙
NAS: as far as the vineyards of Timnah;
KJV: and came to the vineyards of Timnath:
INT: and came far as the vineyards of Timnah and behold

Judges 15:5
HEB: קָמָ֖ה וְעַד־ כֶּ֥רֶם זָֽיִת׃
NAS: along with the vineyards [and] groves.
KJV: and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
INT: grain along the vineyards groves

93 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3754
93 Occurrences

bak·kə·rā·mîm — 1 Occ.
bə·ḵar·mê — 1 Occ.
bə·ḵe·rem — 2 Occ.
ḵā·rem — 1 Occ.
ḵar·mî — 1 Occ.
ḵə·rā·mîm — 8 Occ.
ḵe·rem — 4 Occ.
hak·kā·rem — 1 Occ.
hak·kə·rā·mîm — 4 Occ.
hak·ke·rem — 2 Occ.
kā·rem — 2 Occ.
kar·mə·ḵā — 6 Occ.
kar·mê — 2 Occ.
kar·mê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
kar·mê·hem — 2 Occ.
kar·mî — 4 Occ.
kar·mōw — 1 Occ.
kə·rā·me·hā — 1 Occ.
kə·rā·mîm — 10 Occ.
ke·rem — 12 Occ.
lak·kə·rā·mîm — 1 Occ.
lə·ḵar·mə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
lə·ḵar·mî — 2 Occ.
lə·ḵar·mōw — 1 Occ.
šeb·bak·kə·rā·mîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·rā·mê·nū — 4 Occ.
ū·ḵə·rā·mîm — 5 Occ.
ū·ḇak·kə·rā·mîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḵe·rem — 2 Occ.
wā·ḵā·rem — 1 Occ.
ḇə·ḵā·rem — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵar·mə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
wə·ḵar·mê·ḵem — 2 Occ.
wə·ḵe·rem — 3 Occ.