בָּשַׁל
bâshal · baw-shal'
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
- properly, to boil up
- hence, to be done in cooking
- figuratively, to ripen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּשַׁל 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 · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou shalt not seethe3 · 11%
- and seethe2 · 7%
- shall boil2 · 7%
- thereof brought forth ripe1 · 4%
- nor sodden1 · 4%
- to day, and seethe1 · 4%
- that ye will seethe1 · 4%
- wherein it is sodden1 · 4%
- and if it be sodden1 · 4%
- boil1 · 4%
- and baked1 · 4%
- and thou shalt roast1 · 4%
- was in seething1 · 4%
- sodden1 · 4%
- and did bake1 · 4%
- them, and boiled1 · 4%
- so we boiled1 · 4%
- and they roasted1 · 4%
- offerings sod1 · 4%
- have sodden1 · 4%
- and let them seethe1 · 4%
- of them that boil1 · 4%
- is ripe1 · 4%
- of them, and seethe1 · 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.