יַיִן yayin
Hebrew word for “wine” · Strong’s H3196 · used 141 times in 134 verses
Meaning
wine
How it is translated
Glosses given for yayin in context, with how often each is used:
- wine 130
- more than wine 4
- some of the wine 2
- will be wine 1
- like wine 1
- like the wine 1
- some of wine 1
- will be like the wine 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 15 | 0.7 | |
| Isaiah | 14 | 0.8 | |
| Genesis | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Proverbs | 10 | 1.4 | |
| Numbers | 8 | 0.5 | |
| 1 Samuel | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Song of Solomon | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Esther | 6 | 2.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Judges | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Nehemiah | 5 | 0.9 | |
| Amos | 5 | 2.4 |
Also in 19 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 35 (5), Genesis 19 (4), Numbers 6 (3), Numbers 15 (3), Judges 13 (3), 1 Samuel 1 (3), Esther 7 (3), Proverbs 23 (3), Isaiah 5 (3), Daniel 1 (3)
Forms
- יין 58
- ויין 27
- היין 19
- מיין 9
- ביין 8
- יינם 4
- והיין 3
- כיין 3
- וביין 2
- יינך 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yayin more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 39
- שֵׁכָר shekhar “strong drink” 18
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 19
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 21
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 15
- שָׁקָה shaqah “to water” 10
- מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh “feast” 8
- חֲמוֹר chamor “donkey” 8
- שָׁכַר shakhar “be drunk” 6
- הִין hin “hin” 6
- שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 7
- נֵבֶל nevel “harp” 6
Key verses
The verses using yayin that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Samuel 13:28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear…
- Psalms 104:15 — And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
- Song of Solomon 1:4 — Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the…
- Song of Solomon 5:1 — I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
- Isaiah 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are…
- Isaiah 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without…
- Jeremiah 25:15 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
- Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in…
- Amos 9:14 — And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink…
- Micah 2:11 — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
- Habakkuk 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be…
See all 134 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.