H1660 - גַּת (gath)

H1660 גַּת (gath) gath

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wine press

Strong's Definition

a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)

Derivation: probably from H5059 (נָגַן) (in the sense of treading out grapes);

KJV Usage: (wine-) press (fat).

TWOT Reference: 841a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) winepress, wine vat

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1068 G3025

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

winepress, wine vat

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גַּת gath BDB Definition: 1) winepress, wine vat Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from H5059 (sense of treading out grapes) Same Word by TWOT Number: 841a Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (5)

6:11

13:15

63:2

1:15

3:13

Judges 6:11

Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Isaiah 63:2

Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?

Lamentations 1:15

The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

Joel 3:13

Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.