Word Study · Strong's H2558 · Hebrew
חֹמֶץ
chomets
kho'-mets
Strong's 1890 spelling: chômets
“vinegar”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
vinegar
Rendered in the KJV as
vinegar.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בַּחֹ֑מֶץ1
- וְחֹ֥מֶץ1
- חֹ֥מֶץ1
- חֹ֣מֶץ1
- חֹֽמֶץ׃1
- כַּחֹ֤מֶץ׀1
How it is rendered · 5
- vinegar2
- and vinegar of1
- in the vinegar1
- like the vinegar1
- vinegar of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 2
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 6:3חֹ֥מֶץchometznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.here: vinegar of
- Numbers 6:3וְחֹ֥מֶץvechometzconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.here: and vinegar of
Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 10:26כַּחֹ֤מֶץ׀kachometzpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularLike vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.here: like the vinegar
- Proverbs 25:20חֹ֣מֶץchometznoun · masculine singularLike one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.here: vinegar