What does ληνός (lēnós) mean in the Bible?
ληνός (lēnós): A vat for treading grapes; metaphorically represents God's judgment crushing the wicked like grapes.
Greek · G3025
ληνός
Winepress
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ληνός G3025
Pronunciation lēnós
What does ληνός (lēnós) mean in the Bible?
ληνός (lēnós): A vat for treading grapes; metaphorically represents God's judgment crushing the wicked like grapes.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3025?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include winepress (3), [it] (1), a winepress (1).
Where does ληνός (lēnós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It winepress 3× Revelation 14:19, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 19:15
[it] 1× Revelation 14:20
a winepress 1× Matthew 21:33
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:33 ληνὸν to a winepress Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 14:19 ληνὸν to winepress Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 14:20 ληνὸς to winepress Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Revelation 14:20 ληνοῦ to [it] Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 19:15 ληνὸν to winepress Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:33
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Revelation 4
Source forms
ληνὸν 3x lēnon Matthew 21:33, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 19:15
ληνὸς 1x lēnos Revelation 14:20
ληνοῦ 1x lēnou Revelation 14:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 21:33, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 19:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 14:20
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 14:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A vat for treading grapes; metaphorically represents God's judgment crushing the wicked like grapes.
Strong's G3025
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 25:30-33 Source Gloss
winepress
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A vat for treading grapes; metaphorically represents God's judgment crushing the wicked like grapes.
(in some MSS., LXX and NT, ὁ), [in LXX chiefly for יֶקֶב Num.18:27, al.; also for רַהַט (Gen.30:38, 41), גַּת (Neh.13:15, al.), etc. ;] a trough or vat; esp. for the treading of grapes: Mat.21:33, Rev.14:20 19:16; τὴν λ. . . . τὸν μέγαν (a solecism perhaps inadvertent), Rev.14:19 (cf. ὑπολήνιον).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:33 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ληνόν, lhnon
a winepress
Read verse Revelation 14:19 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ληνὸν lhnon
a winepress
Read verse Revelation 14:20 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ληνὸς lhnov
a winepress
Read verse Revelation 14:20 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ληνοῦ lhnou
a winepress
Read verse Revelation 19:15 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ληνὸν lhnon
a winepress
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rev 14:20 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rev 14:20 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 21:33 · Rev 14:19 · Rev 19:15 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical image of divine judgment and destruction upon nations
Symbolic representation of devastation and cessation of harvest in Moab
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ληνός is a primary word - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain