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# trample #
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## Definition: ##
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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.
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* In ancient times, wine was sometimes made by trampling grapes to remove the juice from them.
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* 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."
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(See also: [grape](../other/grape.md), [humiliate](../other/humiliate.md), [punish](../other/punish.md), [rebel](../other/rebel.md), [thresh](../other/thresh.md), [wine](../other/wine.md))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Hebrews 10:28-29](en/tn/heb/help/10/28)
* [Psalms 007:5](en/tn/psa/help/07/05)