Wine, both natural and artificial, is frequently mentioned in the Bible, and in modern times, especially in connection with the temperance cause, its character and use have been a subject of no little nor always temperate controversy. We propose here to treat it in the light of Scripture, history, and morals, unbiased by the disputes into which learned and good men have allowed themselves to fall upon the subject.
I. Bible Terms. — The produce of the wine-press was described in the Hebrew language by a variety of words indicative either of the quality or of the use of the liquid. It may at once be conceded that the Hebrew terms translated “wine” refer occasionally to an unfermented liquor; but inasmuch as there are frequent allusions to intoxication in the Bible, it is clear that fermented liquors were also in common use. It is also obvious that the Bible generally speaks in terms of strong condemnation of the effects of wine; but it is a fair question whether the condemnation is not rather directed against intoxication and excess than against the substance, which is the occasion of the excess.
The following are the words more or less so rendered in the A. V., with a few others of cognate signification and application.
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Author: McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia
Keywords: Wine, vineyard, strong drink, new wine, wineskin, wine skin, winevat, winefat, wine vat, ferment, fermented, grape juice, grape, drunkenness
Bible reference(s): Genesis 9:20, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 49:11, Genesis 49:12, Exodus 22:5, Exodus 23:11, Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 10:9, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:13, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4, Numbers 6:3, Numbers 6:20, Numbers 15:5, Numbers 15:7, Numbers 15:10, Numbers 18:12, Numbers 18:27, Numbers 18:30, Numbers 28:7, Numbers 28:14, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 14:23, Deuteronomy 14:26, Deuteronomy 15:14, Deuteronomy 16:13, Deuteronomy 18:4, Deuteronomy 20:6, Deuteronomy 22:9, Deuteronomy 23:24, Deuteronomy 24:21, Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:39, Deuteronomy 28:51, Deuteronomy 29:6, Deuteronomy 32:33, Deuteronomy 32:38, Deuteronomy 33:28, Joshua 9:4, Joshua 9:13, Judges 6:11, Judges 7:25, Judges 9:13, Judges 13:4, Judges 13:7, Judges 13:14, Judges 19:19, 1 Samuel 1:14, 1 Samuel 1:15, 1 Samuel 1:24, 1 Samuel 10:3, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:37, 2 Samuel 6:19, 2 Samuel 13:28, 2 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 16:2, 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:2, 1 Kings 21:6, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 21:15, 1 Kings 21:16, 1 Kings 21:18, 2 Kings 6:27, 2 Kings 18:32, 1 Chronicles 9:29, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 1 Chronicles 16:3, 1 Chronicles 27:27, 2 Chronicles 2:10, 2 Chronicles 2:15, 2 Chronicles 11:11, 2 Chronicles 31:5, 2 Chronicles 32:28, Ezra 6:9, Ezra 7:22, Nehemiah 2:1, Nehemiah 5:11, Nehemiah 5:15, Nehemiah 5:18, Nehemiah 10:37, Nehemiah 10:39, Nehemiah 13:5, Nehemiah 13:12, Nehemiah 13:15, Esther 1:7, Esther 1:10, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Esther 7:7, Esther 7:8, Job 1:13, Job 1:18, Job 24:11, Job 32:19, Psalms 4:7, Psalms 60:3, Psalms 75:8, Psalms 78:65, Psalms 80:15, Psalms 104:15, Proverbs 3:10, Proverbs 4:17, Proverbs 9:2, Proverbs 9:5, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:30, Proverbs 23:31, Proverbs 24:30, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:6, Proverbs 31:16, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Ecclesiastes 10:19, Song of Solomon 1:2, Song of Solomon 1:4, Song of Solomon 1:6, Song of Solomon 4:10, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 7:9, Song of Solomon 8:2, Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12, Isaiah 1:8, Isaiah 1:22, Isaiah 3:14, Isaiah 5:1, Isaiah 5:2, Isaiah 5:3, Isaiah 5:4, Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 5:10, Isaiah 5:11, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 5:22, Isaiah 16:10, Isaiah 22:13, Isaiah 24:7, Isaiah 24:9, Isaiah 24:11, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 27:2, Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 36:17, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 51:21, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:12, Isaiah 62:8, Isaiah 63:2, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 65:8, Jeremiah 12:10, Jeremiah 13:12, Jeremiah 23:9, Jeremiah 25:15, Jeremiah 31:12, Jeremiah 35:2, Jeremiah 35:5, Jeremiah 35:6, Jeremiah 35:7, Jeremiah 35:8, Jeremiah 35:9, Jeremiah 35:14, Jeremiah 40:10, Jeremiah 40:12, Jeremiah 48:33, Jeremiah 51:7, Lamentations 1:15, Lamentations 2:12, Ezekiel 27:18, Ezekiel 44:21, Daniel 1:5, Daniel 1:8, Daniel 1:16, Daniel 5:1, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:23, Daniel 10:3, Hosea 2:8, Hosea 2:9, Hosea 2:22, Hosea 3:1, Hosea 4:11, Hosea 7:5, Hosea 7:14, Hosea 9:2, Hosea 9:4, Hosea 14:7, Joel 1:5, Joel 1:10, Joel 2:19, Joel 2:24, Joel 3:3, Joel 3:18, Amos 2:8, Amos 2:12, Amos 5:11, Amos 6:6, Amos 9:13, Amos 9:14, Micah 1:6, Micah 2:11, Micah 6:15, Habakkuk 2:5, Zephaniah 1:13, Haggai 1:11, Haggai 2:12, Zechariah 9:15, Zechariah 9:17, Zechariah 10:7, Zechariah 14:10, Matthew 9:17, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 20:1, Matthew 20:2, Matthew 20:4, Matthew 20:7, Matthew 20:8, Matthew 21:28, Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:39, Matthew 21:40, Matthew 21:41, Mark 2:22, Mark 12:1, Mark 12:2, Mark 12:8, Mark 12:9, Mark 15:23, Luke 1:15, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38, Luke 5:39, Luke 7:33, Luke 7:34, Luke 10:34, Luke 13:6, Luke 13:7, Luke 20:9, Luke 20:10, Luke 20:13, Luke 20:15, Luke 20:16, John 2:3, John 2:9, John 2:10, John 4:46, Acts 2:13, Romans 14:21, 1 Corinthians 9:7, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:8, 1 Timothy 5:23, Titus 1:7, Titus 2:3, 1 Peter 4:3, Revelation 6:6, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:19, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 16:19, Revelation 17:2, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:13, Revelation 19:15, Tobit 4:15, Judith 10:5, Judith 11:13, Judith 12:1, Judith 12:13, Judith 12:20, Judith 13:2, Wisdom of Solomon 2:7, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 9:9, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 9:10, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 19:2, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 31:25, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 31:26, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 31:27, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 31:28, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 31:29, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 31:31, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 32:5, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 32:6, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 33:16, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 40:20, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 49:1, Bel and the Dragon 1:3, Bel and the Dragon 1:11, 2 Maccabees 15:39, 1 Esdras 3:10, 1 Esdras 3:17, 1 Esdras 3:18, 1 Esdras 3:23, 1 Esdras 3:24, 1 Esdras 4:14, 1 Esdras 4:16, 1 Esdras 4:37, 1 Esdras 6:30, 1 Esdras 8:20, 2 Esdras 9:24, 2 Esdras 16:30, 2 Esdras 16:43, Additions to Esther 14:17
Source: John McClintock and James Strong, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
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