Strong's Hebrew · H3196

יַיִן

yayin · yah'-yin

banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).

Definition

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

Derivation

from an unused root meaning to effervesce;

Appears 141 times in Scripture

Genesis 14:18

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—

Genesis 9:21

But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

Genesis 19:32

Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

Genesis 49:11

He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Genesis 19:34

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Genesis 19:35

So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 49:12

His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

Genesis 9:24

When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

Genesis 19:33

So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Genesis 27:25

“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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