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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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A vessel made of skins for holding wine (Joshua 9:4 . 13; 1 Samuel 16:20; Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37,38 ), or milk (Judges 4:19 ), or water (Genesis 21:14,15,19 ), or strong drink (Habakkuk 2:15 ).

Earthenware vessels were also similarly used (Jeremiah 19:1-10; 1 Kings 14:3; Isaiah 30:14 ). In Job 32:19 (Compare Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:37,38; Mark 2:22 ) the reference is to a wine-skin ready to burst through the fermentation of the wine. "Bottles of wine" in the Authorized Version of Hosea 7:5 is properly rendered in the Revised Version by "the heat of wine," i.e., the fever of wine, its intoxicating strength.

The clouds are figuratively called the "bottles of heaven" ( Job 38:37 ). A bottle blackened or shrivelled by smoke is referred to in Psalm 119:83 as an image to which the psalmist likens himself.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bottle'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​b/bottle.html. 1897.
 
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