Zᵉmôwrâh — H2156

Definition

masculine noun

a twig (as pruned)

1. branch, twig, shoot

Usually translated as

branch, vine, slip

Origin

or zᵉmôrâh (feminine); and zᵉmôr (masculine); from H2168

• Derived from Zâmar (H2168)

Greek equivalents

• klēma (G2814)
• psalmós (G5568)

Occurrences

Zᵉmôwrâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Nahum (1)

• Numbers 13:23 — And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch (זְמוֹרָה֙) with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
• Isaiah 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips (וּזְמֹ֥רַת):
• Ezekiel 8:17 — Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch (הַזְּמוֹרָ֖ה) to their nose.
• Ezekiel 15:2 — Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch (הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה) which is among the trees of the forest?
• Nahum 2:2 — For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches (וּזְמֹרֵיהֶ֖ם).