בָּצִיר
ba.tsir
vintage
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word בָּצִיר (ba.tsir) is translated as "vintage." It refers to a specific season or time when grapes are harvested and wine is produced. This word is used eight times in the Bible. The occurrences of בָּצִיר suggest that it is associated with festivities or celebrations, likely connected to the harvest season or the wine-making process. This implies that this concept is an integral part of ancient Jewish culture, tied to the cycles of nature and agriculture. The meaning and usage of בָּצִיר highlight the significance of wine and the harvest season in the biblical context, underscoring the importance of these elements to daily life, spiritual practices, and communal celebration.
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Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
Isaiah 32:10For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.
Jeremiah 48:32With more than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah. Your branches passed over the sea. They reached even to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage.
Micah 7:1Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
Zechariah 11:2Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
Leviticus 26:5Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Leviticus 26:5Your threshing shall continue until the vintage, and the vintage shall continue until the sowing time. You shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Judges 8:2He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?