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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

2. (n.) A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.

3. (n.) A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

4. (v. i.) To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.

5. (v. t.) To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CLUSTER

klus'-ter:

(1) 'eshkol; compare proper name VALE OF ESHCOL. (which see), from root meaning "to bind together." A cluster or bunch of grapes (Genesis 40:10 Numbers 13:23 Isaiah 65:8 Songs 7:8 Micah 7:1, etc.); a cluster of henna flowers (Songs 1:14); a cluster of dates (Songs 7:7). "Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter." (Deuteronomy 32:32).

(2) botrus, "gather the clusters of the vine of the earth" (Revelation 14:18).

The "cluster of raisins" (tsimmuqim) of 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 30:12, should rather be "raisin cakes" or "dried raisins."

E. W. G. Masterman

Greek

1009. botrus -- a cluster of grapes
... a cluster of grapes. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: botrus Phonetic
Spelling: (bot'-rooce) Short Definition: a cluster of grapes Definition: a ...
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4718. staphule -- a bunch of grapes
... a bunch of grapes. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: staphule Phonetic
Spelling: (staf-oo-lay') Short Definition: a grape, cluster of grapes ...
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Strong's Hebrew

811. eshkol -- a cluster
... 810, 811. eshkol. 812 . a cluster. Transliteration: eshkol Phonetic
Spelling: (esh-kole') Short Definition: cluster. Word Origin ...
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3598. Kimah -- a cluster of stars
... 3597, 3598. Kimah. 3599 . a cluster of stars. Transliteration: Kimah Phonetic
Spelling: (kee-maw') Short Definition: Pleiades. Word ...
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6778. tsimmuq -- bunch of raisins
... bunch cluster of raisins. From tsamaq; a cake of dried grapes -- bunch (cluster)
of raisins. see HEBREW tsamaq. 6777, 6778. tsimmuq. 6779 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

My Beloved is unto Me as a Cluster of Cypress, in the vineyards of ...
... CHAPTER I. 13. My beloved is unto me as a cluster of cypress, in the vineyards of
Engaddi. My beloved, continues the lover, is unto me as a cluster of cypress. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/13 my beloved is unto.htm

It is Related Also that vinegar was Given Him to Drink, or Wine ...
... day, said to the people, "Their vine is of the vineyards of Sodom, and their branch
of Gomorrah; their grape is a grape of gall, and their cluster a cluster of ...
/.../26 it is related also.htm

The Comparison, Found in the Gospel of St. ...
... The Son, indeed, in so far as being God, is also the husbandman, and, as regards
His Manhood, a grape-cluster. True statement of the Father's pre-eminence. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xii the comparison found.htm

The Story of the Grapes from Canaan
... best plans of making war upon it. [Illustration: A cluster of grapes so
large that two men carried it]. So Moses chose out some men ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of the grapes.htm

The Report of the Hebrew Spies
... When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down from there a branch with one
cluster of grapes and brought it away on a pole carried by two men. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the report of the hebrew.htm

The Story of a Divine Tragedy
... Down the center were two tables, separated by a cluster of tall plants that almost
screened one from the other. ... She glanced toward the cluster of tall plants. ...
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Further Proofs of the Same Proposition, Drawn from the Promises ...
... And when any one of the saints shall lay hold of a cluster, [4743] another shall
cry out, "I am a better cluster, take me; bless the Lord through me." In like ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxxiii further proofs of the.htm

Fragment iv.
... And when any one of the saints shall lay hold of a cluster, another shall cry out,
I am a better cluster, take me; bless the Lord through me.' In like manner ...
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Judged by Fruit
... The two sets of verses taken together not only show in detail a cluster of virtues
which are like luscious fruit in a beautiful garden, but also a cluster of ...
/.../howard/standards of life and service/xi judged by fruit.htm

On Drinking.
... [1358] It was most requisite that in their wanderings they should be temperate.
[1359]. Afterwards the sacred vine produced the prophetic cluster. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii on drinking.htm

Thesaurus

Cluster (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group;
as, a cluster of islands. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CLUSTER. ...
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Eshcol (6 Occurrences)
... (2.) A valley in which the spies obtained a fine cluster of grapes (Numbers 13:23,
24; "the brook Eshcol, " AV; "the valley of Eshcol, " RV), which they took ...
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Vine (76 Occurrences)
... The men sent out by Moses brought with them from the Valley of Eshcol a cluster
of grapes so large that "they bare it between two upon a staff" (Numbers 13: 23 ...
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Pleiades (3 Occurrences)
... Hebrews kimah, "a cluster" (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8, AV, "seven stars;" RV,
"Pleiades"), a name given to the cluster of stars seen in the shoulder of the ...
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Bunch (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing
or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys. ...
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Constellation (1 Occurrence)
... A cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens,
and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the "Great Bear ...
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Clusters (12 Occurrences)

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Clung (7 Occurrences)

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Grapes (74 Occurrences)
... Numbers 13:23 They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch
with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; they ...
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Thence (152 Occurrences)
... Numbers 13:23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a
branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff ...
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Bible Concordance

Cluster (6 Occurrences)

Numbers 13:23 They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 13:24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:31 "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
(WEB ASV)

Song of Songs 1:14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 65:8 Thus says Yahweh, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says,'Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it:' so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 7:1 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Cluster

Related Terms

Eshcol (6 Occurrences)

Vine (76 Occurrences)

Pleiades (3 Occurrences)

Bunch (6 Occurrences)

Constellation (1 Occurrence)

Clusters (12 Occurrences)

Clung (7 Occurrences)

Grapes (74 Occurrences)

Thence (152 Occurrences)