Bible Question:
I was wondering if there are greek words for wine that may show that some of the wine Jesus drank or served, etc. was not fermented. Was the wine fermented or not? Thank you and God Bless. |
Bible Answer: Hi IHS, There are a number of original-language terms that usually designate some kind of wine (Heb., ti·rohsh´ [Ge 27:28, 37; Ho 2:8, 9, 22]; Heb., che´mer [De 32:14; Isa 27:2] and its corresponding Aramaic term chamar´ [Da 5:1, 2, 4, 23]; as well as Gr., gleu´kos [Ac 2:13]). But the Hebrew word ya´yin is found most frequently in the Scriptures. It first appears in Genesis 9:20-24, where the reference is to Noah’s planting a vineyard after the Flood and then becoming intoxicated on the wine. The Greek word oi´nos (basically corresponding to the Hebrew term ya´yin) first occurs in Jesus’ comments on the inadvisability of using old wineskins for new, partially fermented wine, as the pressure developed through fermentation would burst the old wineskins.—Mt 9:17; Mr 2:22; Lu 5:37, 38. So, clearly wine was wine. Truthfinder |