Wine
οἶνοςStrong’s G3631oinos
Appears in 26 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oinos is the Greek word usually translated “wine”. It appears in 26 verses of the New Testament.
“Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”
Meaning
Usually translated “wine”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wine 31
- to wine 2
- with wine 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 8
- Luke 5
- John 4
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- 1 Timothy 2
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 5:23In contextDrink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
- Titus 2:3In contextThe aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Matthew 27:34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
- Mark 2:22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
- Mark 15:23And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Greek dictionary
οἶνος oinos · wine
οἶνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for יַיִן also for תִּירוֹשׁ, etc. ;] wine; Mat.9:17, Luk.1:15, Jhn.2:3, al.; οἴνῳ προσέχειν, 1Ti.3:8; δουλοῦσθαι, Tit.2:3. Metaphorical, Rev.14:8, 10 16:19 17:2 18:3 19:15. By meton. for ἄμπελος, Rev.6:6 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WINE, noun
[Gr.]
- The fermented juice of grapes; as the wine of the Madeira grape; the wine of Burgundy or Oporto.
- The juice of certain fruits, prepared with sugar, spirits, etc.; as currant wine; gooseberry wine
- Intoxication.“Noah awoke from his wine” Genesis 9:24
- Drinking.“They that tarry long at the wine” Proverbs 23:30
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.