BDB1786
גַּת wine-press. גַּת proper name גִּתִּי adjective [of a people]
Strong's Lexicon
H1660
H1660 — גַּת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1660 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גַּת |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | probably from H5059 (in the sense of treading out grapes) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | gath |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gath |
| Meaning: | 1. a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them) |
| KJV Renderings: | (wine-)press (fat). |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB3422
I. גַּת noun feminine wine-press (contracted from *גַּנְתְּ = *יְגַּנְתְּ) — absolute גַּת Judg 6:11 + 3 t.; גִּתּוֺת Neh 13:15 — wine-press, literal חֹבֵט חִטִּים בַגַּת Judg 6:11 beating out wheat in the wine-press, to hide it from Midian; the juice of the grapes was pressed out by treading, דֹּרֵךְ בְּגַ֑ת Isa 63:2 (in simile), but also as accusative דֹּרְכִים גִּתּוֺת Neh 13:15 in figure of judgment, ׳ גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתּוּלַת וגו Lam 1:15 a wine-press hath Adonay trodden for the virgin daughter of Judah; also רְדוּ כִּי מָֽלְאָה גַּת Joel 4:13 ( רדה only here with גַּת). — On the form and use of wine-press, and Hebrew synonyms, see SmithDB (article wine-press ) BenzArchaeology 212 f. RobBR iii, 137 SchickZPV x, 1887, 146, 150, and Plural see vii. AnderlindZPV xi, 1888, 166 f.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
גת (gath)
Judges 6:11
- KJV: And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.Gideon: Gr. Gedeonto hide…: Heb. to cause it to flee
- EHCC: threshed wheat by the winepress,
Nehemiah 13:15
- KJV: In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
- EHCC: treading wine presses
Isaiah 63:2
- KJV: Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
- EHCC: that treadeth tn the winefat?
Lamentations 1:15
- KJV: The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.the virgin…: or, the winepress of the virgin, etc
- EHCC: in a winepress.
Joel 3:13
- KJV: Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
- EHCC: (4:13). for the press is full, .