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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

1025  God, anger of
4435  drinking
4458  grape
4464  harvest
4534  vine
4538  vineyard
4544  wine
4548  wineskin