1155. boser

Lexicon

boser: Unripe fruit, sour grapes

Original Word: בֹּסֶר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: bocer
Pronunciation: BO-ser
Phonetic Spelling: (bo'ser)
Definition: Unripe fruit, sour grapes
Meaning: an immature grape

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sour grape

From the same as becer -- sour grape.

see HEBREW becer

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
unripe or sour grapes
NASB Translation
grape (1), sour grapes (3), unripe grape (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בֹּ֫סֶר noun masculine^{Isaiah 18:5} unripe or sour grapes collective (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic בּוּסְרָא, (PS; syllable uncertain [Nes, privately]; Polyglotts and Castell have ); Arabic unripe dates) — בֹּסֶר Isaiah 18:5 3t. בִּסְרוֺ Job 15:33; — unripe grapes Isaiah 18:5; Job 15:33; sour g. Jeremiah 31:29,30; Ezekiel 18:2.

בעד (Arabic , be remote, distant, Qor 9:42, distant; Ethiopic to change, Psalm 33 title, different, distinct, another).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be sour or unripe.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for בֹּסֶר (boser) in the Strong's Concordance, as the concept of unripe grapes is more contextually specific to Hebrew culture and language. However, the metaphorical use of fruit and maturity can be found in various Greek terms related to fruit and harvest, such as καρπός (karpos, Strong's Greek 2590), meaning "fruit," which is often used in the New Testament to symbolize the results or outcomes of one's actions or spiritual growth.

Usage: The term בֹּסֶר (boser) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe grapes that have not yet reached maturity, often symbolizing something that is not yet ready or fully developed.

Context: • The word בֹּסֶר (boser) appears in the context of describing unripe grapes, which are typically sour and not suitable for consumption. This imagery is used metaphorically in the Bible to convey ideas of immaturity or premature judgment.
• In Isaiah 18:5, the term is used to illustrate a time of pruning before the harvest, indicating a period when the fruit is not yet ready. The verse reads: "For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives and remove and discard the branches."
• The concept of בֹּסֶר (boser) can also be found in Jeremiah 31:29-30, where it is part of a proverb: "In those days, it will no longer be said: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are 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." This passage highlights the idea of personal responsibility and the consequences of one's actions, using the sourness of unripe grapes as a metaphor for the bitterness of sin and its effects.

Forms and Transliterations

בֹ֑סֶר בֹ֔סֶר בסר הַבֹּ֖סֶר הבסר וּבֹ֥סֶר ובסר ḇō·ser ḇōser hab·bō·ser habBoser habbōser ū·ḇō·ser ūḇōser uVoser Voser

Englishman's Concordance

Isaiah 18:5
HEB: כְּתָם־ פֶּ֔רַח וּבֹ֥סֶר גֹּמֵ֖ל יִֽהְיֶ֣ה
NAS: a ripening grape, Then He will cut off
KJV: is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening
INT: blossoms as the bud grape A ripening becomes

Jeremiah 31:29
HEB: אָב֖וֹת אָ֣כְלוּ בֹ֑סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים
NAS: have eaten sour grapes, And the children's
KJV: have eaten a sour grape, and the children's
INT: the fathers have eaten sour teeth and the children's

Jeremiah 31:30
HEB: הָֽאָדָ֛ם הָאֹכֵ֥ל הַבֹּ֖סֶר תִּקְהֶ֥ינָה שִׁנָּֽיו׃
NAS: who eats the sour grapes, his teeth
KJV: that eateth the sour grape, his teeth
INT: man eats the sour will be set his teeth

Ezekiel 18:2
HEB: אָבוֹת֙ יֹ֣אכְלוּ בֹ֔סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י הַבָּנִ֖ים
NAS: eat the sour grapes, But the children's
KJV: have eaten sour grapes, and the children's
INT: the fathers eat the sour teeth the children's

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1155
4 Occurrences

hab·bō·ser — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇō·ser — 1 Occ.
ḇō·ser — 2 Occ.