שֹׂרֵק sôrêq
Meaning
a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
In the King James Version: choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare H8291 (שָׂרוּק).
Derivation: or שׂוֹרֵק; and (feminine) שֹׂרֵקָה; from H8319 (שָׁרַק) in the sense of redness (compare H8320 (שָׂרֻק));
Where it is used
- Genesis 49:11 He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
- Isaiah 5:2 He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- Jeremiah 2:21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?