H6071 — עָסִיס (asis)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H6071
Original: עָסִיס
Transliteration: asis (ʻâçîyç)
Pronunciation: aw-sees'
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: עָסַס (asas) — to tread, press out
Occurrences: 5 unique verses (6 tokens) in OT
First Occurrence: Isa 49:26 — "they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine (asis)"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Must or fresh grape-juice (as just trodden out): juice, new (sweet) wine.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
sweet wine	1	17%
as with sweet wine	1	17%
new wine	1	17%
of the new wine	1	17%
of the juice	1	17%
and (contextual rendering)	1	17%

Every occurrence uses a different English phrase, but the core renderings cluster around "sweet wine" (2x), "new wine" (2x), and "juice" (1x).

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Joel	2	2.7
Amos	1	0.7
Song of Solomon	1	—
Isaiah	1	0.1

Concentrated in the Minor Prophets (3 of 5 occurrences). All prophetic uses describe eschatological abundance or divine judgment. The Song of Solomon occurrence is the only non-prophetic use.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Eschatological Abundance — Mountains Flowing with New Wine¶

Joel 3:18 — "the mountains shall drop down new wine (asis), and the hills shall flow with milk"
Amos 9:13 — "the mountains shall drop sweet wine (asis), and all the hills shall melt"

Both depict a future age of supernatural agricultural abundance where mountains drip with asis — freshly pressed grape juice flowing without human labor.

2. Loss Through Judgment — New Wine Cut Off¶

Joel 1:5 — "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine (asis); for it is cut off from your mouth."

The removal of asis signals divine judgment through agricultural devastation. The drunkards are told to mourn because the supply of fresh juice has ceased.

3. Metaphorical Intoxication — Blood as Sweet Wine¶

Isa 49:26 — "they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine (asis)"

God's oppressors will be made drunk with their own blood, compared to asis. The simile relies on asis as something potently intoxicating (or overwhelmingly abundant).

4. Intimate Gift — Spiced Wine of Pomegranate Juice¶

Song 8:2 — "I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice (asis) of my pomegranate."

The only non-prophetic use. Asis here is pomegranate juice mixed with spices — offered as a drink of intimacy. This usage confirms asis refers to freshly expressed fruit juice, not exclusively grape.

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
יַיִן (yayin)	H3196	2x (40%)	"drinkers of wine (yayin)... new wine (asis)" — Joel 1:5; Song 8:2 pairs both
הַר (har)	H2022	2x (40%)	"mountains shall drop asis" — Joel 3:18, Amos 9:13
נָטַף (nataph)	H5197	2x (40%)	"mountains drop down (nataph) asis" — Joel 3:18, Amos 9:13
גִּבְעָה (gibah)	H1389	2x (40%)	"hills shall flow/melt" — paired with mountains in abundance imagery
יְהֹוָה (YHWH)	H3068	3x (60%)	Prophetic oracle context — "saith the LORD"
שָׁקָה (shaqah)	H8248	2x (40%)	"cause to drink" — Isa 49:26 (drunken with blood), Song 8:2 (offered as drink)

Word Family / Cognates¶

H6072 עָסַס (asas) — root verb: to tread (grapes), press out juice (Mal 4:3 only)

Synonyms¶

H2461 חָלָב (chalab) — milk; another nourishing liquid in the broader beverage field returned by search_relationships.py.
H3196 יַיִן (yayin) — the general word for wine; the closest lexical neighbor in the fermented/unfermented drink cluster.
H4325 מַיִם (mayim) — water; the broad liquid-category anchor returned alongside asis.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H6071.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
תִּירוֹשׁ (tirosh)	H8492	"new wine," "sweet wine"	tirosh = new wine as agricultural product/blessing (38v); asis = freshly trodden juice emphasizing the pressing process (5v)
יַיִן (yayin)	H3196	"wine"	yayin = general wine term, often fermented, includes negative associations (140v); asis = specifically fresh-pressed juice
שֵׁכָר (shekar)	H7941	—	shekar = intoxicating liquor / strong drink (23v); asis = fresh juice, opposite end of the fermentation spectrum
מַמְסָךְ (mamsak)	H4469	—	mamsak = mixed wine (wine + water/spices, 2v); asis = unmixed fresh juice
γλεῦκος (gleukos)	G1098	"new wine" / "sweet wine"	Greek NT equivalent concept; gleukos in Acts 2:13 is the closest NT parallel to asis

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[001002010007] Liquids — places asis within the broader field of pourable and nourishing substances such as H2461 and H4325.
[001002008003005] Wine — the core beverage domain, aligning asis with wine/must vocabulary such as H3196, H2561, and H4469.
[001002008003002] Crops — reflects the agricultural-product side of asis as freshly pressed produce rather than a generic drink term alone.

LXX Mapping¶

No meaningful Greek equivalent emerges from the LXX data. The LXX renders the asis passages with various circumlocutions rather than a consistent dedicated Greek word. The NT word γλεῦκος (gleukos, G1098) — "sweet wine / must" — is the closest conceptual parallel but is not a direct LXX translation of asis.