Definition

a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)

Etymology

or שׂוֹרֵק; and (feminine) שֹׂרֵקָה; from H8319 (שָׁרַק) in the sense of redness (compare H8320 (שָׂרֻק));

Word family

• שָׁרַק shâraq
• שָׂרֻק sâruq

How the KJV renders it

• choice(-st
• noble) wine. Compare H8291 (שָׂרוּק)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.