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Winepress
From the scanty notices contained in the Bible we gather that, the wine-presses of the Jews consisted of two receptacles of vats placed at different elevations, in the upper one of which the grapes were trodden, while the lower one received the expressed juice. The two vats are mentioned together only in (Joel 3:13) “The press is full: the fats overflow”—the upper vat being full of fruit, the lower one overflowing with the must. [Wine] The two vats were usually hewn out of the solid rock. (Isaiah 5:2) margin; (Matthew 21:33) Ancient winepresses, so constructed, are still to he seen in Palestine.
In the Bible
18
Verses where Winepress is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Kings 6:27
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
- Deuteronomy 15:14
You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 16:13
You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
- Haggai 2:16
from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
- Hosea 9:2
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
- Isaiah 5:2
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
+12 more verses naming Winepress.
Scripture on Winepress
15
Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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