noun · masculine
oinos
Strong’sG3631
wine
stem oin-34 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Wine, the fermented drink made from grapes 1234. It is used literally throughout the New Testament for the ordinary drink, and also figuratively 12, as in warnings against drunkenness or overseers being told not to be given to it 1.
The word is also used with a figurative, symbolic sense, especially in Revelation, where it pictures things like divine wrath or the intoxicating influence of a corrupt power 1.
In one place the word is used by extension for the grapevine itself rather than the drink 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
οἶνος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for יַיִן also for תִּירוֹשׁ, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3631 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoy'-nos
"wine" (literally or figuratively)
Froma primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin ());
King Jameswine.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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.??
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | oinos4×οἶνος | oinois |
| object accusative | oinon19×οἶνον | oinoin |
| direct address vocative | oinor | oinoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | oinou7×οἴνου | oinoiu |
| to, for dative | oino4×οἴνῳ | oinoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
oino is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
34 occurrences, every one of them listed
oinos“wine”subjectnominative singular4×
Matthew 9:17… ge, rēgolō tois askois, kai tos oinos ekchotō kai tois askois apololō; alla …… be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are …
Mark 2:22… palaioin; ei de mē, rēgati tos oinos toin askoin, kai tos oinos apolotō …… old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both …
Mark 2:22… tos oinos toin askoin, kai tos oinos apolotō kai tois askois. alla oinon …… burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined …
Luke 5:37… palaioin; ei de mēge, rēgati tos oinos tos neos toin askoin, kai autos …… wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine …
oinon“wine”objectaccusative singular19×
Matthew 9:17oude balalō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; ei de …Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do …
Matthew 9:17… kai tois askois apololō; alla balalō oinon neon eis askoin kainoin, kai amfoterois …… do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will …
Matthew 27:34dōala auto pinara oinon meta cholau migorēnton; kai geuerantos ouk …they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but …
Mark 2:22kai oudenos balatō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; ei de …And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does …
Mark 2:22… oinos apolotō kai tois askois. alla oinon neon eis askoin kainoin.… wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
Mark 15:23kai dōale auto smurnizorēnton oinon, hos de ouk labata.There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did …
Luke 1:15… gar megos enōpion tou kuriou, kai oinon kai sikera ouk mē pinateia, kai …… the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will …
Luke 5:37kai oudenos balatō oinon neon eis askoin palaioin; ei de …And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does …
Luke 5:38alla oinon neon eis askoin kainoin blēteem.Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.
Luke 7:33… baptistos mē esthiarōntos arton mēte pinarōntos oinon, kai legavō; Daimonem echatō;… came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a …
Luke 10:34… teim traumeim autou epicharōntos elaiem kai oinon, epibibazarantos de auton epi tem idiem …… his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his …
John 2:3… tas mētēras tou Iēsu pros auton; Oinon ouk echalō.… to Him, “They have no more wine.”
John 2:9… de geueta tos architriklinos tem hudem oinon genorēntem, kai ouk oidatelē pothen atō, …… water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it …
John 2:10… auto; Pantos anthrōpos prōtem ton kalon oinon tithatō, kai hotan methuileia ton elassōnon; …and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine …
John 2:10… ton elassōnon; sis tērasē ton kalon oinon heōs arti.… But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
John 4:46… tau Galilaiau, hopou poiata tem hudem oinon. kai ate tinos basilikos hou tos …… He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official …
Romans 14:21… tem mē esthiara kreateim mēde pinara oinon mēde en he tos adelfos su …… not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause …
Revelation 6:6… dēnarieu; kai tem elaiem kai ton oinon mē adikaseia.… do not harm the oil and wine.”
Revelation 18:13… thumiameim kai murem kai libanon kai oinon kai elaiem kai semidalian kai siton …… spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat …
oinou“wine”of, belonging togenitive singular7×
John 2:3kai husterarantou oinou legatō tas mētēras tou Iēsu pros …When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to …
Revelation 14:8… Babulōnas tas megas, has ek tou oinou tou thumou tau porneiau autau potizatē …… made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
Revelation 14:10kai autos pineti ek tou oinou tou thumou tou theou tou kerannuorēntou …he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into …
Revelation 16:19… theou dōara auta tem potēriem tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau autou;… gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
Revelation 17:2… tois katoikarōntois tan gēan ek tou oinou tau porneiau autau.… the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
Revelation 18:3hoti ek tou oinou tou thumou tau porneiau autau pinalē …All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality …
Revelation 19:15“wine”… kai autos patatō tan lēnan tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau tou theou …… iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
oino“wine”to, fordative singular4×
Ephesians 5:18kai mē methuskovōr oino, en ho atō asōtias, alla plērovōr …Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead …
1 Timothy 3:8Diakonoin hōsautōs semnoin, mē dilogoin, mē oino pollo prosecharōntoin, mē aischrokerdoin,… not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
1 Timothy 5:23mēketi hudropotasōr, alla oino oligo chrosōr dia ton stomachon kai …… only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and …
Titus 2:3… en katastēme hieroprepain, mē diabolain mēde oino pollo doulorēntain, kalodidaskalain,… not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.