Oxos means “vinegar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3690 — kiclah (“confidence”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3690 ὄξος (oxos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. oxos (ox'-os) n. 1. vinegar, i.e. sour wine [from G3691] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include vinegar. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
oxos (ox'-os) n. 1. vinegar, i.e. sour wine [from G3691] KJV: vinegar Root(s): G3691
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3690. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
vinegar
Usage: ὄξος, -εος (-ους), τό (ὄξύς), [in LXX: Num.6:3, Rut.2:14, Psa.69:21, Pro.25:20 (חֹמֶץ)* ;] sour wine (posca, vin-Deu pays), the ordinary drink of labourers and common soldiers: Mat.27:48, Mrk.15:36, Luk.23:36, Jhn.19:29-30.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render oxos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G3690 (ὄξος) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins,
And Boaz said to her, Now it is time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers, and Boaz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.
They gave me also gall for my food, And made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3690.
he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins,
And Boaz said to her, Now it is time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers, and Boaz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.
They gave me also gall for my food, And made me drink vinegar for my thirst.
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3690, grouped by book.
Oxos (Strong's G3690) is a Greek word most simply glossed "vinegar". oxos (ox'-os) n. 1. vinegar, i.e. sour wine [from G3691]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G3690 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3690 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vinegar. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3690, with linked reader references where each row is available.