What does כֹּרֵם mean in the Bible?
כֹּרֵם is a Hebrew word meaning "a vinedresser".
Hebrew · H3755
כֹּרֵם
A vinedresser
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כֹּרֵם H3755
What does כֹּרֵם mean in the Bible?
כֹּרֵם is a Hebrew word meaning "a vinedresser".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3755?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and vinedressers (2), to tend the vineyards (2), O vinedressers (1).
Where does כֹּרֵם appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Kings 25:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (1), 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and vinedressers 2× 2 Chronicles 26:10, Isaiah 61:5
to tend the vineyards 2× 2 Kings 25:12, Jeremiah 52:16
O vinedressers 1× Joel 1:11
Show sample aligned rows
2 Kings 25:12 לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים to to tend the vineyards Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 2 Chronicles 26:10 וְכֹֽרְמִ֗ים to and vinedressers Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Isaiah 61:5 וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃ to and vinedressers Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Jeremiah 52:16 לְכֹרְמִ֖ים to to tend the vineyards Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Joel 1:11 כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים to O vinedressers Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Kings 25:12
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1 Joel 1
Source forms
וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃ 1x wə·ḵō·rə·mê·ḵem Isaiah 61:5
וְכֹֽרְמִ֗ים 1x wə·ḵō·rə·mîm 2 Chronicles 26:10
כֹּֽרְמִ֔ים 1x kō·rə·mîm Joel 1:11
לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים 1x lə·ḵō·rə·mîm 2 Kings 25:12
לְכֹרְמִ֖ים 1x lə·ḵō·rə·mîm Jeremiah 52:16
Parsing patterns
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 2x 2 Kings 25:12, Jeremiah 52:16
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 1x 2 Chronicles 26:10
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural 1x Isaiah 61:5
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 1x Joel 1:11
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a vinedresser
Source Gloss
a vinedresser
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a vinedresser BDB: tend vineyards Usage: vine dresser (as one or two words).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כֹּרֵם is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain