יַיִן
yayin · yah'-yin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to effervesce;
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- wine (as fermented)
- by implication, intoxication
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַיִן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
141 occurrences · 141 OT · 0 NT · 74 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wine30 · 27%
- of wine20 · 18%
- and wine12 · 11%
- the wine8 · 7%
- with wine6 · 5%
- no wine5 · 4%
- and the wine5 · 4%
- of the wine3 · 3%
- but not with wine2 · 2%
- thy wine2 · 2%
- for wine2 · 2%
- ye wine2 · 2%
- than wine2 · 2%
- as through wine2 · 2%
- when the wine1 · 1%
- neither wine1 · 1%
- their wine1 · 1%
- or for wine1 · 1%
- of the vine1 · 1%
- himself from wine1 · 1%
- thereof shall be of wine1 · 1%
- not wine1 · 1%
- in wine1 · 1%
- him wine1 · 1%
- from his wine1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.