H1155 - בֹּסֶר (bôçer)

H1155 בֹּסֶר (bôçer) bo'ser

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

unripe grape

Strong's Definition

{an immature grape}

Derivation: from the same as H1154 (בֶּסֶר)

KJV Usage: sour grape.

TWOT Reference: 257a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) unripe grapes, sour grapes

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

unripe grapes, sour grapes Also means: be.ser (בֶּסֶר "unripe grape" H1154)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֹּסֶר bôser BDB Definition: 1) unripe grapes, sour grapes Part of Speech: noun masculine collective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H1154 Same Word by TWOT Number: 257a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (4)

18:5

31:29 31:30

18:2

Isaiah 18:5

For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

Jeremiah 31:29

In those days, it will no longer be said: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.

Jeremiah 31:30

Instead..., each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone... eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

Ezekiel 18:2

What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel:... The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’