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Strong's Hebrew: 3010. יְגֵבִים (yageb) -- Winepress

Strong's Lexicon

yageb: Winepress

Original Word: יָגֵב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yageb
Pronunciation: yah-GEB
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-gabe')
Definition: Winepress
Meaning: a plowed field

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be high or exalted.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for a winepress is ληνός (lenos), Strong's Greek #3025, which appears in passages such as Revelation 14:19-20, where it symbolizes the wrath of God.

Usage: The term "yageb" refers to a winepress, a structure or device used for pressing grapes to extract juice for wine production. In biblical times, winepresses were often hewn out of rock or constructed from stone, and they played a significant role in agricultural and economic life.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, wine was a staple beverage and an important part of daily life, religious rituals, and celebrations. The process of winemaking was labor-intensive, involving the harvesting of grapes, crushing them in a winepress, and fermenting the juice. Winepresses were typically located in vineyards and were essential for the production of wine, which was a symbol of joy and blessing in the Hebrew culture.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from yagab
Definition
a field
NASB Translation
fields (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָגֵב] noun masculine field, כְּרָמִים וִיגֵבִים Jeremiah 39:10, but text dud., see Jeremiah 52:16 = 2 Kings 25:12; also גּוּב, II. גֵּב above

יָגְּבְּהָה see below גבהּ above

יִגְדַּלְיָ֫הוּ see below גדל above

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

field

From yagab; a plowed field -- field.

see HEBREW yagab

Forms and Transliterations

וִֽיגֵבִ֖ים ויגבים vigeVim wî·ḡê·ḇîm wîḡêḇîm

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