Smith's Bible Dictionary Wine-press Search This Resource   Choose a letter from below to display alphabetical list: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     Printer friendly version   Previous Next Wine Winnowing   Additional Resources  Lexicons  ·  Greek - winepress  ·  Greek - winepress  ·  Hebrew - winepress  ·  Hebrew - winepress   Buy This Resource Paperback $3.60 Hardcover $8.50   Show me more …   From the scanty notices contained in the Bible we gather that, the wine-presses of the Jews consisted of two receptacles of vats placed at different elevations, in the upper one of which the grapes were trodden, while the lower one received the expressed juice. The two vats are mentioned together only in (Joel 3:13) "The press is full: the fats overflow" --the upper vat being full of fruit, the lower one overflowing with the must. [WINE] The two vats were usually hewn out of the solid rock. (Isaiah 5:2) margin; (Matthew 21:33) Ancient winepresses, so constructed, are still to he seen in Palestine. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Wine-press'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/dic/sbd/view.cgi?number=T4469>. 1901.