בָּאַשׁ
bâʼash · baw-ash'
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
- to smell bad
- figuratively, to be offensive morally
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy
The house, what is within of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּאַשׁ 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stank2 · 12%
- me to make me to stink1 · 6%
- to be abhorred1 · 6%
- shall stink1 · 6%
- and stank1 · 6%
- and it did not stink1 · 6%
- also was had in abomination1 · 6%
- utterly1 · 6%
- to abhor1 · 6%
- that they stank1 · 6%
- that thou art abhorred1 · 6%
- that they had made themselves odious1 · 6%
- stink1 · 6%
- man is loathsome1 · 6%
- a stinking savour1 · 6%
- stinketh1 · 6%
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.