dē̇-jen´ẽr-aÌ„t: Only in , where Judah is compared to a “noble vine†which it “turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine.†It represents Hebrew sÌ£uÌ„rı̄m = “stray†or “degenerate (shoots),†from sÌ£uÌ„r = “to turn aside,†especially to turn aside from the right path (Greek pikria, literally, “bitternessâ€).