"pr. a tub, trough; a wine-press, into which grapes were cast and trodden, Rev. 14:19, 20; 19:15; a wine-vat, i.q. ὑπολήνιον, the lower vat into which the juice of the trodden grapes flowed, Mt. 21:33*"
Definition and meaning
pr. a tub, trough; a wine-press, into which grapes were cast and trodden, Rev. 14:19, 20; 19:15; a wine-vat, i.q. ὑπολήνιον, the lower vat into which the juice of the trodden grapes flowed, Mt. 21:33*
In the original Greek the word is written: ληνός
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 lenos (G3025) across the King James Bible.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G3025 (lenos) is a Greek word that means: pr. a tub, trough; a wine-press, into which grapes were cast and trodden, Rev. 14:19, 20; 19:15; a wine-vat, i.q. ὑπολήνιον, the lower vat into which the juice of the trodden grapes flowed, Mt. 21:33* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word lenos (G3025) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3025 is lenos, a Greek word defined as: pr. a tub, trough; a wine-press, into which grapes were cast and trodden, Rev. 14:19, 20; 19:15; a wine-vat, i.q. ὑπολήνιον, the lower vat into which . James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
lenos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.