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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)

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