גַּת
gath · gath
a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from H5059 (נָגַן) (in the sense of treading out grapes);
a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (wine-) press (fat).
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the mark, the covenant sign
To carry, to lift up of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גַּת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by the winepress1 · 20%
- wine presses1 · 20%
- in the winefat1 · 20%
- as in a winepress1 · 20%
- for the press1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.