Vinegar
ὄξοςStrong’s G3690oxos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oxos is the Greek word usually translated “sour wine” and “vinegar”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sour wine” and “vinegar”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sour wine 3
- with vinegar 2
- of sour wine 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- Luke 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
- John 19:29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
- John 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Greek dictionary
ὄξος oxos · vinegar
ὄξος, -εος (-ους), τό (ὄξύς), [in LXX: Num.6:3, Rut.2:14, Psa.69:21, Pro.25:20 (חֹמֶץ)* ;] sour wine (posca, vin-Deu pays), the ordinary drink of labourers and common soldiers: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Luk.23:36, Jhn.19:29-30.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vinegar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VIN'EGAR, noun
- Vegetable acid; an acid liquor obtained from wine, cider, beer or other liquors, by the second or acetous fermentation. vinegar may differ indefinitely in the degree of its acidity.
- Any thing really or metaphorically sour. [Not in use.]
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.