בֹּסֶר
bōser
unripe
Strong's H1155NounHebrewTWOT 257a

בֹּסֶר (bōser) is a Hebrew noun meaning unripe. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1155).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 257a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 257a)unripe, sour grapes; an immature grape; unripe grape, sour grape
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בֹ֫סֶר noun, masculine: unripe, sour grapes

Strong's H1154 בֶּסֶר: an immature grape
KJV:unripe grape.

Strong's H1155 בֹּסֶר
KJV:sour grape.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 257: בסר bsr — be too early, half-ripe

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 18:5Jeremiah 31:29Ezekiel 18:2

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