Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
vinegar, i.e. sour wine
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
vinegar; a wine of sharp flavor, posca, which was an ordinary beverage, and was often mixed with bitter herbs, etc., and this given to the condemned criminals in order to stupefy them, and lessen their sufferings, Mt. 27:48; Mk. 15:36; Lk. 23:36; Jn. 19:29, 30
Translated in KJV as
vinegar
Etymology
from G3691 (ὀξύς);
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