◄ 3025. lenos ►
Strong's Lexicon lenos: Winepress Original Word: ληνός Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: lenos Pronunciation: lay-NOS Phonetic Spelling: (lay-nos') Definition: a trough, vat, winepress. Meaning: A winepress or vat, typically used for treading grapes to extract juice for wine production. Word Origin: Derived from a primary root word in Greek. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • The Hebrew equivalent for ληνός is often found in the Old Testament as גַּת (gat, Strong's Hebrew 1660), which also refers to a winepress. This term appears in various contexts, such as in Isaiah 63:3, where the imagery of treading the winepress is used to describe divine judgment: "I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing." This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the term ληνός, its usage in biblical texts, and its symbolic significance within the broader narrative of Scripture. Usage: The term ληνός is used in the New Testament to describe a physical structure where grapes are pressed. It is often employed metaphorically to convey themes of judgment or divine wrath, as the process of pressing grapes can symbolize the outpouring of God's justice. Context: • The word ληνός appears in several New Testament passages, often in parables or prophetic imagery. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, a winepress was a common and essential tool for wine production, a staple of the economy and daily life. • In Matthew 21:33, Jesus uses the imagery of a vineyard and a winepress in the Parable of the Tenants: "Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey." • The winepress is also a symbol of divine judgment in Revelation 14:19-20, where the imagery of the winepress is used to depict the wrath of God: "So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia." • The metaphorical use of ληνός in these contexts underscores the themes of accountability and the consequences of rejecting divine authority. The pressing of grapes, resulting in the flow of juice, parallels the execution of judgment and the resultant consequences for humanity. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3025: ληνός ληνός, ληνοῦ, ἡ (also ὁ, Genesis 30:38, 41 (cf. below)) (Theocritus, Diodorus, others); 1. a tubor trough-shaped receptacle, vat, in which grapes are trodden (A. V. wine-press) (Hebrew גַּת): Revelation 14:20; Revelation 19:15; τήν ληνόν ... τόν μέγαν (for R Tr marginal reading τήν μεγάλην), Revelation 14:19 — a variation in gender which (though not rare in Hebrew, see Gesenius, Lehrgeb., p. 717) can hardly be matched in Greek writings; cf. Winers Grammar, 526 (490) and his Exeget. Studd. i., p. 153f; Buttmann, 81 (71). 2. equivalent to ὑπολήνιον (Isaiah 16:10; Mark 12:1) or προλήνιον (Isaiah 5:2), Hebrew יֶקֶב, the lower vat, dug in the ground, into which the must or new wine flowed from the press: Matthew 21:33. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word Kelter; Roskoff in Schenkel 3:513; (BB. DD. under the word ). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance winepress. Apparently a primary word; a trough, i.e. Wine-vat -- winepress. Forms and Transliterations ληνοί ληνοίς ληνον ληνόν ληνὸν ληνος ληνός ληνὸς ληνου ληνού ληνοῦ ληνούς ληνώ ληνών lenon lenòn lēnon lēnòn lenos lenòs lēnos lēnòs lenou lenoû lēnou lēnoû Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 21:33 N-AFS GRK: ἐν αὐτῷ ληνὸν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν NAS: IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT KJV: and digged a winepress in it, INT: in it a winepress and built Revelation 14:19 N-AFS GRK: εἰς τὴν ληνὸν τοῦ θυμοῦ NAS: them into the great wine press of the wrath KJV: the great winepress of the wrath INT: into the wine-press of the wrath Revelation 14:20 N-NFS GRK: ἐπατήθη ἡ ληνὸς ἔξωθεν τῆς NAS: And the wine press was trodden KJV: And the winepress was trodden without INT: was trodden the winepress outside the Revelation 14:20 N-GFS GRK: ἐκ τῆς ληνοῦ ἄχρι τῶν NAS: And the wine press was trodden outside KJV: out of the winepress, even unto INT: out of the winepress as far as the Revelation 19:15 N-AFS GRK: πατεῖ τὴν ληνὸν τοῦ οἴνου NAS: and He treads the wine press KJV: treadeth the winepress of the fierceness INT: treads the press of the wine Strong's Greek 3025 5 Occurrences ληνὸν — 3 Occ. ληνὸς — 1 Occ. ληνοῦ — 1 Occ.