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יֶקֶב H3342

H3342 is the Hebrew word יֶקֶב, transliterated yeqeb and said yeh'-keb. The King James Version most often renders it winepress.

Word: יֶקֶבTransliteration: yeqebSaid: yeh'-kebLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

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).

Where it comes from

from an unused root meaning to excavate.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

winepress 3×winepresses 2×presses 2×fats 2×out of thy winepress 1×or out of the winepress 1×pressfat 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).

Verses using יֶקֶב

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 15:14 · KJV

Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

Judges 7:25 · KJV

And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

2 Kings 6:27 · KJV

And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

Job 24:11 · KJV

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Proverbs 3:10 · KJV

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Isaiah 5:2 · KJV

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 16:10 · KJV

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

Jeremiah 48:33 · KJV

And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

Hosea 9:2 · KJV

The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

Joel 2:24 · KJV

And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

Joel 3:13 · KJV

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Haggai 2:16 · KJV

Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3342 mean?

H3342 is the Hebrew word יֶקֶב (yeqeb), meaning 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).

How is H3342 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it winepress (3 times), winepresses (2 times), presses (2 times), fats (2 times), out of thy winepress (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3342 appear in the Bible?

יֶקֶב (yeqeb) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3342 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to excavate.

Nearby entries

H3339 · יִצְרִי — Jitsri, an Israelite H3340 · יִצְרִי — a Jitsrite (collectively) or descendants of Jetser H3341 · יָצַת — to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate H3343 · יְקַבְצְאֵל — Jekabtseel, a place in Palestine H3344 · יָקַד — to burn H3345 · יְקַד — {to burn}

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