Beushim בְּאֻשִׁים
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| בְּאֻשִׁים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | beushim |
| Strong's number | H891 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sour grapes |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Beushim (Hebrew בְּאֻשִׁים, Strong's H891) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sour grapes”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
stinking or worthless things, wild grapes, stinkberries
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | grapes (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | was sour (1), sour fruit (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Beushim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 5:2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- Isaiah 5:4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
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).