Strong's Hebrew · H1155

בֹּסֶר

bôçer · bo'ser

sour grape.

Definition

{an immature grape}

Derivation

from the same as H1154 (בֶּסֶר)

Appears 4 times in Scripture

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.’

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’?

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 31:30

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

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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