חֹמֶץ
chomets · vinegar
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2558 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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chomets (חֹמֶץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “vinegar”.
How to say it
cho·mets
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Wine or strong drink that has turned sour.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- vinegar ×5
- sour wine ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 6:3
he shall separate himself from wine and intoxicating drink; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or vinegar of intoxicating drink, and he shall not drink any juice of grapes, nor eat grapes, fresh or dried.
- Ruth 2:14
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain; she ate, was satisfied, and had some left over.
- Psalms 69:21
And they put in my food poison, and for my thirst they gave me to drink sour wine.
- Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth, and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
- Proverbs 25:20
One who takes off a garment on a day of cold, vinegar on natron, and one who sings songs to a troubled heart.
And 1 more times.