King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3690
Transliteration: oxos
Phonetic Spelling: (oz-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: sour wine
Meaning: sour wine
ὄξος, 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 Latinposca, 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.
Word Summary
oxos: sour wine
Original Word: ὄξοςTransliteration: oxos
Phonetic Spelling: (oz-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: sour wine
Meaning: sour wine
Strong's Concordance
vinegar. From oxus; vinegar, i.e. Sour wine -- vinegar.
see GREEK oxus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 Latinposca, 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.