See in Reader
1.3 KiB
1.3 KiB
trample
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 if people were running in a grassy field and smashing down the grass with their feet.
- In ancient times, wine was sometimes made by trampling grapes to remove the juice from them.
- Sometimes the term "trample" has a figurative meaning of punishing by humiliating, comparing it to trampling mud for a threshing floor.
- The term "trample" is used figuratively to express how Yahweh will 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."
- Depending on the context, this term could also be translated nonfiguratively as, "destroy" or "defeat" or "humiliate" or "punish" or "conquer completely."
(See also: grape, humiliate, punish, rebel, thresh, wine)