Word Study · Strong's H1660 · Hebrew

גַּת

gath

gath

“a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a wine-press (or vat for holding the grapes in pressing them)

Rendered in the KJV as

(wine-) press (fat).

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

בַּגַּ֔ת1
בְּגַֽת׃1
גַּ֚ת1
גַּ֔ת1
גִּתּ֣וֹת׀1

How it is rendered · 5

[the] winepress1
a winepress1
in a winepress1
in the winepress1
winepresses1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

noun · feminine singular2
noun · feminine plural1
preposition + noun · feminine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfsa · 2
HNcfpa · 1
HR/Ncfsa · 1
HRd/Ncfsa · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Judges1 of 5 · 20%
Nehemiah1 of 5 · 20%
Isaiah1 of 5 · 20%
Lamentations1 of 5 · 20%
Joel1 of 5 · 20%

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Judges1 occurrence

Judges 6:11בַּגַּ֔תbagatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularThen the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.here: in the winepress

Nehemiah1 occurrence

Nehemiah 13:15גִּתּ֣וֹת׀gitotnoun · feminine pluralIn those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.here: winepresses

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 63:2בְּגַֽת׃begatpreposition + noun · feminine singularWhy are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?here: in a winepress

Lamentations1 occurrence

Lamentations 1:15גַּ֚תgatnoun · feminine singularThe Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.here: a winepress

Joel1 occurrence

Joel 3:13גַּ֔תgatnoun · feminine singularSwing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.here: [the] winepress

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled גַּת

H1661 · 32×

גַּת

Gath

“Gath, a Philistine city”

Read Judges 6:11 in context →