STRONGS NUMBER H1660

H1660. gath

גַּת‎ wine-press. גַּת‎ proper name גִּתִּי‎

adjective, of a people

I. גַּת‎ noun feminine wine-press (contracted from *גַּנְתְּ‎ = *יְגַּנְתְּ‎) — absolute גַּת‎ Judges 6:11 3t.; גִּתּוֺת‎ Nehemiah 13:15; — wine-press, literal בַגַּת חִטִּים חֹבֵט‎ Judges 6:11 beating out wheat in the wine-press, to hide it from Midian; the juice of the grapes was pressed out by treading, בְּגַ֑ת דֹּרֵךְ‎ Isaiah 63:2 (in simile), but also as accusative גִּתּוֺת דֹּרְכִים‎ Nehemiah 13:15; in figure of judgment, וגו לִבְתּוּלַת אֲדֹנָי דָּרַךְ ׳גַּת‎ Lamentations 1:15 a wine-press hath Adonay trodden for the virgin daughter of Judah; also גַּת מָֽלְאָה כִּי רְדוּ‎ 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}.