Chomets חֹ֫מֶץ
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| חֹ֫מֶץ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chomets |
| Strong's number | H2558 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | vinegar |
| Occurrences | 6 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (2) |
Chomets (Hebrew חֹ֫מֶץ, Strong's H2558) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “vinegar”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
vinegar
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | vinegar (6) |
|---|---|
| BSB | vinegar (2), into the vinegar sauce (1), gave me vinegar (1), like vinegar (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chomets, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 6:3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
Ruth
- Ruth 2:14And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
Psalms
- Psalm 69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
- Proverbs 25:20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).