Winepress Vat

† יֶ֫קֶב n.m. Pr 3:10 wine-vat (a trough or hollow excavated (חצב Is 5:2) in the rock for receiving the juice trodden out in the גַּת: Benz212 f.), sometimes also wine-press (the trough in which the grapes were trodden out);—abs. יֶ֫קֶב Is 5:2 + 4 times; יָ֑קֶב Nu 18:30; cstr. יֶ֫קֶב Ju 7:25; sf. יִקְבֶ֑ךָ Dt 15:14; 16:13; pl. יְקָבִים Jb 24:11 + 4 times; יִקְבֵי Zc 14:10; יְקָבֶיךָ Pr 3:10;—wine-vat, Is 5:2 Hg 2:16 Jo 4:13 (‖ גַּת), Pr 3:10; often ‖ גֹּרֶן, Nu 18:27, 30 Dt 15:14; 16:13 2 K 6:27 Ho 9:2 Jo 2:24; appar. of the wine-press Jb 24:11 יְקָבִים דָּֽרְכוּ, Is 16:10 (hence Je 48:33). Designating particular localities, Ju 7:25 יֶקֶב זְאֵב, Zc 14:10 יִקְבֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ (near Jerusalem).

ληνός, Doric dialect λᾱνός Refs 3rd c.BC+: ἡ:— anything shaped like a tub or trough, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially __1 winevat in which the grapes are pressed, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 trough, for watering cattle, watering-place for them, LXX __3 ={κάρδοπος}, kneading-trough, Refs 4th c.BC+ __4 socket into which the mast fitted, ={ἱστοπέδη}, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __5 coffin, Refs 5th c.BC+ __6 part of the brain, the meeting-point of the sinuses of the dura mater, still called torcular Herophili, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __7 hollow of a chariot, Refs 5th c.AD+ __8 in plural, the lower parts of the nose, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† I. גַּת n.f. wine-press (contracted from גַּנְתְּ = יְגַנְתְּ)—abs. גַּת Ju 6:11 + 3 times; גִּתּוֹת Ne 13:15;—wine-press, lit. חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַּגַּת Ju 6:11 beating out wheat in the wine-press, to hide it from Midian; the juice of the grapes was pressed out by treading, דֹּרֵךְ בְּג֑ת Is 63:2 (in sim.), but also as acc. דֹּרְכִים גִּתּוֹת Ne 13:15; in fig. of judgment, גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת וגו׳ La 1:15 a wine-press hath Adonay trodden for the virgin daughter of Judah; also רְדוּ כִּי מָֽלְאָה גַּת Jo 4:13 (רדה only here with גַּת).—On the form and use of wine-press, and Heb. synonyms, v. Smith DB (art. wine-press) BenzArch.. 212 f. RobBR iii, 137 Schick ZPV x, 1887, 146, 150, and Pl. v. vii. Anderlind ZPV xi, 1888, 166 f.

† פּוּרָה n.f. wine-press;—פ׳ דָּרַכְתִּי Is 63:3 (v. דָּרַךְ 3); disting. from יֶקֶב, and perhaps part of it, Hg 2:16 (reading מִפּ׳, so Sm Now; usually measure of juice from one filling of the פ׳, v. Ke).

ὑπολήνιον, τό, vessel placed under a press to receive the wine or oil, vat, LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ adjective, κρατῆρας -ίους uncertain meaning in Refs 1st c.BC+