The meaning of “ληνός”
Understanding lēnós reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently a primary word winepress. - a trough, i.e. wine-vat
ληνός
apparently a primary word winepress. - a trough, i.e. wine-vat
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 21:33 | “Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:” Word: ληνός (lēnós) | |
| Revelation 14:19 | “And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.” Word: ληνός (lēnós) | |
| Revelation 14:20 | “And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. ” Word: ληνός (lēnós) | |
| Revelation 19:15 | “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” Word: ληνός (lēnós) |