בָּשָׁן
Bâshân · baw-shawn'
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bashan.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּשָׁן 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
60 occurrences · 60 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bashan25 · 42%
- in bashan14 · 23%
- and bashan5 · 8%
- and all bashan3 · 5%
- from bashan3 · 5%
- to bashan1 · 2%
- with all bashan1 · 2%
- bashanhavothjair1 · 2%
- and in all bashan1 · 2%
- all bashan1 · 2%
- which are in bashan1 · 2%
- possession in bashan1 · 2%
- which is in bashan1 · 2%
- bulls of bashan1 · 2%
- bashan1 · 2%
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.