to trample
pateo describes treading upon serpents, a city, or a winepress in its supplied biblical uses.
The supplied occurrences consistently show the act of treading upon a stated target: serpents and scorpions in Luke 10:19, Jerusalem and the holy city in Luke 21:24 and Revelation 11:2, and a winepress in Revelation 14:20 and Revelation 19:15.
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Treading upon a designated target · dominant
The active forms place the action upon serpents and scorpions in Luke 10:19, upon the holy city in Revelation 11:2, and upon the winepress in Revelation 19:15; in those verses the APB renders the clauses with “tread on,” “trample,” and “treads.” The passive forms portray Jerusalem as “trampled under foot” in Luke 21:24 and the winepress as “trodden” in Revelation 14:20.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation across the clauses: “tread on,” “trampled under foot,” “trample,” “trodden,” and “treads.” These are translation renderings of whole clauses.