Wine-press

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  winepress
       n : a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Wine-press


     Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath,
     Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were thrown and where they were
     trodden upon and bruised (Isa. 16:10; Lam. 1:15; Joel 3:13); and
     (2) a trough or vat (Heb. yekebh, Gr. hypolenion) into which the
     juice ran from the trough above, the gath (Neh. 13:15; Job
     24:11; Isa. 63:2, 3; Hag. 2:16; Joel 2:24). Wine-presses are
     found in almost every part of Palestine. They are "the only sure
     relics we have of the old days of Israel before the Captivity.
     Between Hebron and Beersheba they are found on all the hill
     slopes; they abound in southern Judea; they are no less common
     in the many valleys of Carmel; and they are numerous in
     Galilee." The "treading of the wine-press" is emblematic of
     divine judgment (Isa. 63:2; Lam. 1:15; Rev. 14:19, 20).