"a vat, placed under the press, ληνός, to receive the juice, Mk. 12:1*"
Definition and meaning
a vat, placed under the press, ληνός, to receive the juice, Mk. 12:1*
In the original Greek the word is written: ὑπολήνιον
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of hypolenion (G5276) across the King James Bible.
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
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Common questions
Strong's G5276 (hypolenion) is a Greek word that means: a vat, placed under the press, ληνός, to receive the juice, Mk. 12:1* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word hypolenion (G5276) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5276 is hypolenion, a Greek word defined as: a vat, placed under the press, ληνός, to receive the juice, Mk. 12:1*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
hypolenion is a Greek word found in the New Testament.