G5276
G5276 — ὑπολήνιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
hupolenion (hoop-ol-ay'-nee-on) n.
1. vessel or receptacle under the press, i.e. lower wine-vat
[neuter of a presumed compound of G5259 and G3025]
KJV: winefat
Root(s): G5259, G3025
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
winefat
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπολήνιον, ὑποληνιου, τό (i. e. τό ὑπό τήν ληνόν, cf. τό ὑποζύγιον), a vessel placed under a press (and in the Orient usually sunk in the earth) to receive the expressed juice of the grapes, a pit: (ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον; R. V. he digged a pit for the winepress), Mar 12:1; see ληνός (and B. D. under the word Winepress). (Demiopr. quoted in Pollux 10 (29), 130; Geoponica; the Sept. for éÆ÷Æá, Isa 16:10 Joe 3:13 (Joel 4:18); Hag 2:16; Zec 14:10, Alex.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὑπολήνιον (winefat)
Mark 12:1
- KJV: And he began to speak unto them by parables man planted a vineyard and set an hedge about and digged the winefat and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country
- GK: και ήρξατο αυτοίς εν παραβολαίς λέγειν αμπελώνα εφύτευσεν άνθρωπος και περιέθηκε φραγμόν και ώρυξεν υπολήνιον και ωκοδόμησε πύργον και εξέδοτο αυτόν γεωργοίς και απεδήμησεν