Bible dictionary for children
Winepress
A winepress is a place where grapes are pressed so their juice can be collected.
In simple words
What does it mean?
A winepress is a place where grapes are pressed so their juice can be collected. It is different from the open space usually used to thresh grain.
Talk about it
Why does the unusual work location tell us Gideon is afraid?
An example from the Bible
Judges describes Gideon threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from raiders. Knowing its usual purpose shows that he is working in an unusual place.
Read Judges 6:11 ↗A little more to explore
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Related reading: Judges 6:11
Yahweh’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.Full readings at eBible.org · World English Bible Classic. Read with an adult.
