noun · feminine
lēnas
Greekληνός (lēnos)
Strong’sG3025
a winepress
stem lēn-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ληνός, -οῦ, ἡ
(in some MSS., LXX and NT, ὁ), [in LXX chiefly for יֶקֶב, Nu 18:27, al.; also for רַהַט (Ge 30:38, 41), גַּת (Ne 13:15, al.), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3025 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlay-nos'
a trough, i.e. wine-vat
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jameswinepress.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lēnas1×ληνὸς | lēnais |
| object accusative | lēnan3×ληνὸν | lēnain |
| direct address vocative | lēnar | lēnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | lēnau1×ληνοῦ | lēnaiu |
| to, for dative | lēna | lēnai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lēna is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
lēnas“winepress”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 14:20“winepress”kai patita tas lēnas exōthen tau politau, kai exerchata haimem ek tau lēnau achri toiu chalinoiu toiu hippoiu apo stadioiu chilioi hexakosioi.And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
lēnan“winepress”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 21:33“winepress”Allan parabolan akouavar. Anthrōpos ate oikodespotos hotinos futeuata ampelōnon kai fragmon auto peritithata kai orussata en auto lēnan kai oikodomata purgon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Revelation 14:19“winepress”kai ballata tos angelos tem drepanem autou eis tan gēan, kai trugata tan ampelan tau gēau, kai ballata eis tan lēnan tou thumou tou theou ton megon.So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
Revelation 19:15“winepress”kai ek teu stomeu autou ekporeuetō romfaias oxuas, hina en auta patassateia teim ethneim, kai autos poimainati autoin en rabda sidēroua; kai autos patatō tan lēnan tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau tou theou tou pantokratōrou.And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
lēnau“winepress”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 14:20“winepress”kai patita tas lēnas exōthen tau politau, kai exerchata haimem ek tau lēnau achri toiu chalinoiu toiu hippoiu apo stadioiu chilioi hexakosioi.And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.