3025. lenos

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

winepress.

Apparently a primary word; a trough, i.e. Wine-vat -- winepress.

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 ).

Topical Lexicon

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.

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.