Strong’s H1155 · Hebrew

בֹּסֶר
bôçer
bo'ser

Definition

{an immature grape}

Etymology

from the same as H1154 (בֶּסֶר)

Where the KJV renders it

  • sour grape

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

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