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trample

Related Ideas:

beat down, crush, tear skin, thrash, tread

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:

• Hebrews 10:29
• Psalms 007:5

Word Data:

• Strong's: H947, H1758, H1792, H1854, H1869, H3381, H4001, H4823, H5674, H1790, H7429, H7512, H7533, H7667, G2662, G3961

Forms Found in the English ULB:

beat ... down, crush, crushed, crushed ... to dust, crushed parts, crushes, crushing, tear ... skin, thrashing, trample, trample over, trampled, tramples, trampling, trampling place, tread, treader, treading down, trodden