8 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sour' in the Bible

'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAtonementFacesFasting, Of HypocritesNeglecting DutiesDisplayingBeing Seen By ManClean FacesPeople UnwashedWhen?How To FastNo RewardSettling AccountsAppearances ofHypocritesFastingHypocrisyFasting And PrayerSmilingmakeup

He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and worked into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, fixed it on a reed, and offered Him a drink.

Verse ConceptsMedicineWineIndividuals RunningVinegar

Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, fixed it on a reed, offered Him a drink, and said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to take Him down!”

Verse ConceptsWineIndividuals RunningLowering PeopleVinegarIndividual Prophets

A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth.

Verse ConceptsLipsPlantsOther References To Mouths

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Ferment (7 instances)
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בּסר 
Bocer 
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