Definition
ληνός, -οῦ, ἡ
(in some MSS., LXX and NT, ὁ), [in LXX chiefly for יֶקֶב Numbers 18:27, al.; also for רַהַט (Genesis 30:38, 41), גַּת (Nehemiah 13:15, al.), etc. ;]
a trough or vat; esp. for the treading of grapes: Matthew 21:33, Revelation 14:20; 19:16; τὴν λ. . . . τὸν μέγαν (a solecism perhaps inadvertent), Revelation 14:19 (cf. ὑπολήνιον).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ληνός:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Matthew 21:33ληνὸν · a winepressListen 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 tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
- Revelation 14:19ληνὸν · winepressSo 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.
- Revelation 14:20ληνὸς · winepress; ληνοῦ · [it]And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
- Revelation 19:15ληνὸν · winepressAnd from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.