ληνός
lēnos
winepress
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ληνός (lēnos) is a noun that refers to a winepress. A winepress is a device used to extract juice from grapes, typically by treading or pressing the grapes in a container. This word appears 5 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in ancient Greek culture and possibly in biblical contexts. The limited occurrences of ληνός suggest that it is a specialized term, likely used in specific contexts related to wine production or grape harvests. Its significance may lie in its association with agricultural practices, trade, or ceremonial events that involved wine. Without further context, it is difficult to determine the exact range of usage or the significance of this word in biblical narratives.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
Revelation 19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
Revelation 14:19The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.
Revelation 14:20The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
Revelation 14:20The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.