What does οἰνοπότης (oinopótēs) mean in the Bible?
οἰνοπότης (oinopótēs): A habitual wine-drinker characterized by excessive consumption; marks social disrepute and moral censure.
Greek · G3630
οἰνοπότης
A tippler
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οἰνοπότηςG3630
Pronunciationoinopótēs
What does οἰνοπότης (oinopótēs) mean in the Bible?
οἰνοπότης (oinopótēs): A habitual wine-drinker characterized by excessive consumption; marks social disrepute and moral censure.
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How does the BSB render G3630?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include drunkard (2).
Where does οἰνοπότης (oinopótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdrunkard2×Matthew 11:19, Luke 7:34
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 11:19
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
οἰνοπότης2xoinopotēsMatthew 11:19, Luke 7:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 11:19, Luke 7:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A habitual wine-drinker characterized by excessive consumption; marks social disrepute and moral censure.
Strong'sG3630
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a tippler
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:19Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
οἰνοπότης,oinopothv
an excessive wine-drinker
Read verseLuke 7:34Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
οἰνοπότης,oinopothv
an excessive wine-drinker
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 11:19 · Luke 7:342×
Word Origins
οἰνοπότης is built from these roots: