Dictionary entry

Vinegar

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Poor or sour wine, the produce of the second or acetous fermentation of vinous liquors. The term sometimes designates a thin, sour wine, much used by laborers and by the Roman soldiers, Nu 6:3Ru 2:142Ch 2:10Joh 19:29. SeeGALL. In other places it denotes the common sharp vinegar, which furnished the wise man with two significant illustrations, Pr 10:26 25:20.