Symbolic / Non-Fermented Wine

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9 verses

Original Language

γλεῦκοςGleukosG1098Greek (NT)

Sweet wine; new wine; must.

Used only once in the NT (Acts 2:13). When the disciples spoke in tongues at Pentecost, mockers said 'These men are full of new wine (gleukos).' The fact that this 'new wine' could produce the appearance of intoxication suggests that even gleukos (new wine/sweet wine) was understood as potentially alcoholic, undermining the argument that 'new wine' always means unfermented juice.

תִּירוֹשׁTiroshH8492Hebrew (OT)

New wine; freshly pressed grape juice; must.

Used 38 times in the OT. This is the key word in the non-fermented wine argument. Tirosh literally means 'new wine' or 'must' and is consistently associated with harvest blessings, the fruit of the ground, and God's provision (Deuteronomy 7:13). Some scholars argue tirosh always refers to unfermented juice since it is connected to the grape harvest rather than stored wine. However, Hosea 4:11 says 'whoredom and wine (yayin) and new wine (tirosh) take away the heart,' suggesting even tirosh can intoxicate.

Genesis 40:10Keyword
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“And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:”

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Numbers 13:24Keyword
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“The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.”

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Deuteronomy 32:32Keyword
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“For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:”

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Genesis 49:11Keyword
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“Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:”

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Isaiah 65:8Keyword
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“Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.”

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Joel 3:18Keyword
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“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.”

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Proverbs 3:10Keyword
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“So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.”

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Isaiah 1:22Semantic
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“Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:”

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Judges 9:13Keyword
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“And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?”

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