ληνόςlēnós
a trough, i.e. wine-vat
Greek (New Testament) · G3025
Meanings
a trough or vat; especially for the treading of grapes: Matthew 21:33, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 19:16; τὴν λ.... τὸν μέγαν (a solecism perhaps inadvertent), Revelation 14:19 (cf. ὑπολήνιον).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 21:33 “Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
- Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
- Revelation 14:20 The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle.
- Revelation 19:15 From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.