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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ληνόςG3025
Pronunciationlēnós
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 Itwinepress3×Revelation 14:19, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 19:15
[it]1×Revelation 14:20
a winepress1×Matthew 21:33
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:33ληνὸνtoa winepressNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularRevelation 14:19ληνὸνtowinepressNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularRevelation 14:20ληνὸςtowinepressNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularRevelation 14:20ληνοῦto[it]Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularRevelation 19:15ληνὸνtowinepressNoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 21:33
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Matthew1Revelation4
Source forms
ληνὸν3xlēnonMatthew 21:33, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 19:15
ληνὸς1xlēnosRevelation 14:20
ληνοῦ1xlēnouRevelation 14:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular3xMatthew 21:33, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 19:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xRevelation 14:20
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 14:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A vat for treading grapes; metaphorically represents God's judgment crushing the wicked like grapes.
Strong'sG3025
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkJeremiah 25:30-33Source Gloss
winepress
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 21:33Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ληνόν,lhnon
a winepress
Read verseRevelation 14:19Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ληνὸνlhnon
a winepress
Read verseRevelation 14:20Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ληνὸςlhnov
a winepress
Read verseRevelation 14:20Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ληνοῦlhnou
a winepress
Read verseRevelation 19:15Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ληνὸνlhnon
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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineRev 14:201×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineRev 14:201×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 21:33 · Rev 14:19 · Rev 19:153×
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.
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