Lexical 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. |