Baash בָּאַשׁ
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| בָּאַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | baash |
| Strong's number | H887 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to stink |
| Occurrences | 17 in 16 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (6) |
Baash (Hebrew בָּאַשׁ, Strong's H887) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to stink”. It occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad
1a) (Qal) to stink, smell bad
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to become odious
1b2) to make oneself odious
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stink, emit a stinking odour
1c2) to cause to stink
1c3) of wickedness (fig.)
1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself odious
2) (TWOT) to abhor
1a) (Qal) to stink, smell bad
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to become odious
1b2) to make oneself odious
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to stink, emit a stinking odour
1c2) to cause to stink
1c3) of wickedness (fig.)
1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself odious
2) (TWOT) to abhor
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | stink (4), stank (4), abhorred (2), abomination (1), utterly (1), abhor (1), odious (1), loathsome (1), savour (1), stinketh (1) |
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| BSB | they had become a stench (2), making me a stench (1), you have made us a stench (1), will stink (1), smelled so bad (1), there was a terrible stench (1), began to smell (1), smell (1), has become a stench (1), since he has made himself an utter stench (1), you have become a stench (1), are foul (1), and 4 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Baash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
Exodus
- Exodus 5:21And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
- Exodus 7:18And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
- Exodus 7:21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:14And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
- Exodus 16:20Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.
- Exodus 16:24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
- 2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 19:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
Psalms
- Psalm 38:5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 13:5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 10:1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 50:2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).