Quick Definition
οἶνος, ου, ὁ n.m. wine
Strong's Definition
a primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin (3196)); "wine" (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: wine
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | οἰνοπότης · οἰνοφλυγία · πάροινος
6.197 · Artifacts · Plant Products
wine a fermented beverage made from the juice of grapes Though some persons have argued that whenever mention is made of Jesus either making or drinking wine, one must assume that this was only unfermented grape juice, there is no real basis for such a conclusion. Only where οἶνος νέος ‘new wine’ (6.198) is mentioned can one assume that this is unfermented grape juice or grape juice in the initial stages of fermentation.
In a number of languages there is no indigenous term for wine, and some expression may simply be borrowed from a dominant language. On the other hand, it is sometimes possible to employ a descriptive phrase, for example, ‘fermented fruit juice.’ In some languages the equivalent for ‘wine’ is more specifically ‘palm wine,’ that is to say, a wine made from the sap of certain palm trees. Such a term may also have a more generic meaning and be applicable to any kind of wine.
There are a number of passages in the NT where one must be particularly careful in the selection of terms to translate wine. For example, in EPH 5:18 a literal translation of ‘do not get drunk with wine’ could be interpreted to mean that it is permissible for one to get drunk on other types of intoxicating liquors. It may, therefore, be necessary in some languages to render EPH 5:18 as simply ‘do not get drunk.’
In LUK 10:34 (κατέδησεν τὰ τραύματα αὐτοῦ ἐπιχέων ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον ‘he poured on olive oil and wine and bandaged his wounds’) it is important to recognize the medicinal value of oil and wine. In some instances translators have indicated the purpose of such an activity by translating ‘to cleanse and heal his wounds he poured wine and oil on them and bandaged them.’ It may also be possible to add in a marginal note information as to the antiseptic quality of the wine and the value of the oil in the healing process.
MAT 9:17 · MAT 27:34 · MRK 2:22 · LUK 1:15 · LUK 7:33 · LUK 10:34 · JHN 2:3 · JHN 2:3 · JHN 2:9 · JHN 2:10 · JHN 2:10 · JHN 4:46 · ROM 14:21 · EPH 5:18 · 1TI 3:8 · 1TI 5:23 · TIT 2:3 · REV 6:6 · REV 14:8 · REV 14:10 · REV 16:19 · REV 17:2 · REV 18:3 · REV 18:13 · REV 19:15
6.198 · Artifacts · Plant Products
Collocation: οἶνος νέος
new wine, grape juice a set phrase referring to newly pressed grape juice, unfermented or in the initial stages of fermentation
MAT 9:17 · MAT 9:17 · MRK 2:22 · MRK 2:22 · MRK 2:22 · LUK 5:37 · LUK 5:37 · LUK 5:38
6.204 · Artifacts · Medicines
Collocation: ἐσμυρνισμένος οἶνος
myrrhed wine a set phrase referring to wine drugged with myrrh and used as a stupefying potion In general, ἐσμυρνισμένος οἶνος must be rendered by means of a phrase or a clause, for example, ‘wine which has been mixed with a drug called myrrh’ or ‘wine mixed with a drug to reduce pain.’ It is, of course, also possible to use an abbreviated phrase such as ‘myrrhed wine’ and then to place the explanation of its function in a marginal note.
1 It is possible that the phrase γένημα τῆς ἀμπέλου product of the grapevine (MAT 26:29) should be clssified as a fixed phrase meaning wine, but it is also possible to treat this phrase as semantically endocentric (that is, non-idiomatic), in which case the reference could potentially be either grapes or wine. 2 Though the various terms for wine and olive oil might very well be treated simply in the category of Food (Domain 5), they obviously served other functions as well, for wine was used medicinally as an antiseptic and olive oil was used not only for food but also for illumination in lamps. Since both the production of wine and olive oil involved relatively elaborate processes, it therefore seems best to classify them as artifacts rather than subsume them under various functional categories. 3 The term ἐσμυρνισμένος οἶνος can be seen as semantically endocentric (σμυρνίζω, ‘mixed with myrrh’ and οἶνος, ‘wine’). However, due to its specific role in the passage of MRK 15:23, it was included in this semantic field.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οἶνος, -ov, ὁ, [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 7), also for WITT (must, new wine), ὍΤΙ, ete.; wine; a. prop.: Mt. ix. 17; [xxvii. 34 Ltxt.T Tr WH]; Mk. xv. 23; 11.1.15; Jn. 11. 8; Ro. xiv. 21; Eph.v.18; 1 Tim. v. 23; Rey. xvii. 2, ete.; οἴνῳ προσέχειν, 1 Tim. iii. 8; δουλεύειν, Tit. ii. 3. b. metaph.: οἶνος τοῦ θυμοῦ (see 9 ? , “ OK TANMEPOS
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἶνος oinos 34x
wine, Mt. 9:17; Mk. 2:22; meton. the vine and its clusters, Rev. 6:6 met. οἶνος, a potion, οἶνος τοῦ θυμοῦ, a furious potion, Rev. 14:8, 10; 16:19; 17:2, 18:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἶνος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for יַיִן also for תִּירוֹשׁ, etc.;]
wine: Mt 9:17, Lk 1:15, Jo 2:3, al.; οἴνῳ προσέχειν, I Ti 3:8; δουλοῦσθαι, Tit 2:3. Metaph., Re 14:8, 10 16:19 17:2 18:3 19:15. By meton. for ἄμπελος, Re 6:6.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἶνος. It is hardly necessary to illustrate this common word, but we may note οἶνος καινός in Ostr 1142 (beginning of iii/ A.D.) as the antithesis to οἶνος παλαιός in 7. 1129, not νέος as in [Lk] 58%. See also P Lond 11135? cited s.v. ὅδοιπορέω. For the dim. οἰνάριον cf. P Eleph 135 (B.c. 223-2) (= Witkowski?, p. 43) περὶ δὲ τοῦ oivaplov ΤΤραξιάδης οὔπω εἰσελήλυθεν ἐξ ἀγροῦ, P Oxy XIV. 16725 (A.D. 37-41) πολλὰ λέα οἰνάρια, ‘‘a quantity of quite thin wine,” and P Grenf II. 773° (iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 122), where provision is made that the man who is conveying a dead body for burial shall be entertained—ev ψωμίοις kal [οἰ]ναρίῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ, ‘with delicacies and thin wine and olive-oil.’’ Οἰνηγία, ‘‘conveyance of wine,” is found in P Oxy XIV. 1651° (iii/A.D.), and the corresponding adj. οἰνηγός (not in LS) in PSI VI. 568? (B.c. 253-2): cf. οἰνικός in 20. 715! (A.D. 92), with the editor's note. in Musonius p. 14᾽5 καὶ λιχνεῖαι καὶ oivodAvylar kal ἄλλα παραπλήσια κακά, Philo de Vita Mosis, ed. Mangey II. p. 16317, οἰνοφλυγίαι kal ὀψοφαγίαι καὶ Aayvetar καὶ ἄλλαι ἀπλήρωτοι ἐπιθυμίαι. Other exx. in Wetstein. For the verb see Deut 217°.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οἶνος (oinos) — wine. οἶνος, ὁ, wine, μέλας οἶ. (compare οἶνοψ) [Refs 8th c.BC+] over one's cups, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, ἡ ἐν τοῖς οἴ. διατριβή [Refs 5th c.BC+] wines, X.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶνος δωδεκάδραχμος wine at [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἶνος καὶ ἀλάθεα (see. ἀλήθεια), in vino veritas, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; οἴνῳ τὸν οἶ. ἐξελαύνειν 'to take a hair of the dog that bit you', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially with names of places, Θάσιος, Χῖος, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]: resin was used as a preservative, πισσίτης οἶ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. fermented juice of other kinds, οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος barley wine, a kind of beer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶ. φοινικήϊος palm-wine, [Refs]; lotus-wine, [Refs]; from which drinks grape-wine (οἶ. ἀμπέλινος) is expressly distinguished, [Refs]
II. the wine-market, τρέχ᾽ ἐς τὸν οἶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. name of Dionysus, [Refs 5th c.AD+].; cf. Latin vinum.??