יֶקֶב
yeqeb · yeh'-keb
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to excavate;
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
- a trough (as dug out)
- specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains
- or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֶקֶב 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the winepress2 · 13%
- and out of thy winepress1 · 6%
- and thy wine1 · 6%
- at the winepress1 · 6%
- or out of the winepress1 · 6%
- their winepresses1 · 6%
- and thy presses1 · 6%
- a winepress1 · 6%
- in their presses1 · 6%
- from the winepresses1 · 6%
- and the winepress1 · 6%
- and the fats1 · 6%
- the fats1 · 6%
- to the pressfat1 · 6%
- winepresses1 · 6%
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.