Trough
ὑπολήνιονStrong’s G5276hupolēnion
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Hupolēnion is the Greek word usually translated “wine vat”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wine vat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a wine vat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὑπολήνιον hupolēnion · trough
ὑπολήνιον, -ου, τό (ὑπό, ληνός), [in LXX: Jol.3:13 (4:13), Hag.2:17, (16), Zec.14:10, Isa.16:10 (יֶקֶב) * ;] a vessel or trough beneath a winepress to receive the juice (RV, a pit for the winepress): Mrk.12:1 (see Swete, in l, and cf. ληνός).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “trough” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TROUGH, noun
trauf.
- A vessel hollow longitudinally, or a large log or piece of timber excavated longitudinally on the upper side; used for various purposes.
- A tray. [This is the same word dialectically altered.]
- A canoe; the rude boat of uncivilized men.
- The channel that conveys water, as in mills.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.