בַּעְשָׁא
Baʻshâʼ · bah-shaw'
Basha, a king of Israel
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to stink; offensiveness;
Basha, a king of Israel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Baasha.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to see and know › to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader
The house, what is within that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּעְשָׁא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of baasha10 · 36%
- and baasha4 · 14%
- against baasha3 · 11%
- with baasha2 · 7%
- and it came to pass, when baasha2 · 7%
- thereof, wherewith baasha2 · 7%
- against him; and baasha1 · 4%
- did baasha1 · 4%
- began baasha1 · 4%
- so baasha1 · 4%
- baasha1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.