“Lost in Translation” By Akin Ojumu In both the Old and the New Testaments, there are several words in Hebrew and Greek, respectively, that were translated into the English word, “Wine”. The most common word in the New Testament translated into wine is the Greek word OINOS. It appears 33 times in the Bible (Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, John 2, Ephesians 5:18, etc.). Oinos is the general word for wine in the New Testament and it is used very commonly. It simply refers to the juice of grapes. The equivalent Hebrew word for Oinos in the Old Testament is YAYIN. It is used 141 times in the Old Testament. Yayin refers to wine that is usually diluted with water; it literally means mixed wine. The other word translated wine in the New Testament is the Greek word, GLEUKOS – this is the word from which we get the word glucose. Gleukos means new wine. It is the word that was used in Acts 2:13 to describe the experience of the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost when they were said to be “fill...
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