If you do your own research, you will find that a majority of the commentators consider virtually all the wine in the Bible to be fermented. However, the majority is not always right. Thankfully, some scholars look into ancient sources to give us a more accurate rendering. For example, Fausset’s Bible Dictionary states, “Yayin, from […]

Two weeks ago, we began this study by laying a foundational understanding of the words translated “wine” in the Bible. We found that the main word for wine in the O.T. and the main word for wine in the N.T. are both generic words referring to all the forms of a grape, including the fruit, […]

Last week we laid a foundation for our study of Bible Wines by looking at many of the Hebrew and Greek words that are translated “wine” in the Bible. We established the fact that the two main words, yayin and oinos are both generic words that describe grapes in all of their forms. We came […]

Wine is mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible. Many Christians assume that the word “wine” in the Bible always refers to alcoholic wine. They may know that Noah got drunk on wine. They know that Paul told Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach’s sake. They assume that when David’s men […]