Lexicon oxos: sour wine Original Word: ὄξος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: oxos Phonetic Spelling: (oz-os) Short Definition: vinegar, sour wine Definition: vinegar, sour wine mixed with water, a common drink of Roman soldiers. HELPS word-Studies 3690 óksos – low-grade, sour wine, given as a cheap painkiller to people condemned to crucifixion. "Apparently Jesus was offered two kinds of wine. One wine was mixed with gall (5521 /xolḗ), which Christ refused once He tasted it (Mt 27:34,48) – and the other wine mixed with myrrh" (G. Archer). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom oxusDefinitionsour wine NASB Translationsour wine (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3690: ὄξοςὄξος, ὀξεος ( ὄξους), τό ( ὀξύς), vinegar ( Aeschylus, Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and following; for חֹמֶץ, Ruth 2:14; Numbers 6:3, etc.); used in the N. T. for Latin posca, i. e. the mixture of sour wine or vinegar and water which the Roman soldiers were accustomed to drink: Matthew 27:34 R L marginal reading, 48; Mark 15:36; Luke 23:36; John 19:29f.
Strong's vinegar. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine -- vinegar. see GREEK oxus |
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