1.4 KiB
1.4 KiB
trample, tramples, trampled, trampling, tread, trodden, crush, crushes, crushed, treader, thrashing
Definition:
To "trample" means to step on something and smash it with the feet. This term is also used figuratively in the Bible to mean "destroy" or "defeat" or "humiliate."
- An example of "trampling" would be the smashing down of grass by the feet of people running in a field..
- In ancient times, wine was sometimes made by trampling grapes to remove the juice from them.
- Sometimes the term to "trample" has a figurative meaning of to "punish by humiliating," comparing it to trampling mud for a threshing floor.
- The term "trample" was used figuratively to express how Yahweh would punish his people Israel for their pride and rebellion.
- Other ways that "trample" could be translated include "crush with the feet" or "smash down with the feet" or "stomp on and crush" or "smash into the ground."
- "Thrashing" is wild action designed to crush or destroy or become free from something.
(See also: grape, humiliate, punish, rebel, thresh, wine)
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H947, H1758, H1792, H1869, H3381, H4001, H4823, H5674, H1790, H7429, H7512, H7533, H7667, G2662, G3961