ὄξος
oxos · sour wine
Greek word · Strong’s number G3690 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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oxos (ὄξος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sour wine”.
Vinegar.
How to say it
o·xos
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 gone acidic, the soldiers' drink.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 27:48
And at once one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with sour wine, and putting it on a reed, he was giving him a drink.
- Mark 15:36
And someone ran, and filling a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and was giving him a drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”
- Luke 23:36
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
- John 19:29
A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so putting a sponge full of the sour wine on hyssop, they held it to his mouth.
- John 19:30
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.
And 1 more times.