# חֹמֶץ (chomets)

Israeli respelling: cho-mets. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2558. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

vinegar

King James renderings: vinegar.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chomets-h2558

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/6/3) — He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drin…
- [Ruth 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/14) — And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reape…
- [Psalms 69:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/21) — They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- [Proverbs 10:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/26) — As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
- [Proverbs 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/20) — As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.