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: Winepress
Meaning: a trough, vat, winepress.

Word Origin: Derived from a primary root word in Greek, related to pressing or treading.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H3342 (יַקְבֵּי, yeqeb): Refers to a winepress or vat.

- H1660 (גַּת, gath): Another term for a winepress, often used in the context of treading grapes.

Usage: The term "lenos" refers to a winepress, a device or structure used in ancient times for extracting juice from grapes to produce wine. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe judgment or divine wrath, as the process of pressing grapes can symbolize the outpouring of God's justice.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel and the broader Mediterranean world, wine production was a significant agricultural activity. Winepresses were typically hewn out of rock or constructed from wood and stone. The process involved treading grapes underfoot, a vivid image that the biblical authors used to convey themes of judgment and harvest. The winepress was not only a tool for production but also a symbol of abundance and blessing, as well as judgment and wrath when used metaphorically.

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

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.