Boser בֹּ֫סֶר
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| בֹּ֫סֶר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | boser |
| Strong's number | H1155 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | unripe grape |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (2) |
Boser (Hebrew בֹּ֫סֶר, Strong's H1155) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “unripe grape”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
unripe grapes, sour grapes
Also means: be.ser (בֶּסֶר "unripe grape" H1154)
Also means: be.ser (בֶּסֶר "unripe grape" H1154)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | grape (3), grapes (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sour grapes (3), grape (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Boser, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 18:5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.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
- Jeremiah 31:29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.“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 31:30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?“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’?
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).