Lexical Definition

‎גַּת‎ gath (gath) wine press ^H:N-F
probably from ‎נָגַן‎ (in the sense of treading out grapes)

(wine-) press (fat).

• a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)

1) winepress, wine vat

See Greek: Γεθσημανῆ · ληνός

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Also see: גַּת | גִּתִּי

‎גַּת‎ wine-press. ‎גַּת‎ proper name ‎גִּתִּי‎ adjective, of a people

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 Smith^DB (article wine-press) Benz^{Archaeology 212 f.} Rob^{BR iii, 137} Schick^{ZPV x, 1887, 146, 150, and Plural} see vii. Anderlind^{ZPV xi, 1888, 166 f}.

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