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Winefat
(Mark 12:1). The original word (hypolenion) so rendered occurs only here in the New Testament. It properly denotes the trough or lake (lacus), as it was called by the Romans, into which the juice of the grapes ran from the trough above it. It is here used, however, of the whole apparatus. In the parallel passage in Matt. 21:33 the Greek word lenos is used. This properly denotes the upper one of the two vats. (See WINE-PRESS.)
In the Bible
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Verses where Winefat is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Isaiah 63:2
Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?
- Mark 12:1
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Scripture on Winefat
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Winefat references
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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