Wine-press
A wine press is a device used to crush grapes during wine making.
Related Topics:
Grapes - Wine making
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Wine-press - Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath,
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Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were
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trodden upon and bruised (Isa. 16:10; Lam. 1:15; Joel 3:13); and
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(2) a trough or vat (Heb. yekebh, Gr. hypolenion) into which the
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juice ran from the trough above, the gath (Neh. 13:15; Job
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24:11; Isa. 63:2, 3; Hag. 2:16; Joel 2:24). Wine-presses are
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found in almost every part of Palestine. They are "the only sure
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relics we have of the old days of Israel before the Captivity.
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Between Hebron and Beersheba they are found on all the hill
Related Topics:
Hebron - Beersheba
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slopes; they abound in southern Judea; they are no less common
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in the many valleys of Carmel; and they are numerous in
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Galilee." The "treading of the wine-press" is emblematic of
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divine judgment (Isa. 63:2; Lam. 1:15; Rev. 14:19, 20).
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