Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4546 winepress The vat in which grapes were trodden to produce juice for making wine. Scripture sometimes uses the image of treading grapes at the winepress to depict scenes of divine wrath and punishment. Winepresses were widely used Deuteronomy 15:12-14 See also Numbers 18:25-27,30; Judges 6:11; 2 Kings 6:24-27 Treading grapes at winepresses Literal references Nehemiah 13:15 See also Job 24:11; Isaiah 16:10; Jeremiah 48:33 Metaphorical references Lamentations 1:15 See also Isaiah 63:1-6; Joel 3:13; Revelation 14:17-20; Revelation 19:11-16 The association of winepresses with harvest Revelation 14:18-19 See also Deuteronomy 16:13-15 Winepresses in vineyards Isaiah 5:1-2 See also Matthew 21:33-34 pp Mark 12:1 Winepresses in place-names Judges 7:25 See also Zechariah 14:10 See also
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