Beosh בְּאֹשׁ
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| בְּאֹשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | beosh |
| Strong's number | H889 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | stench |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Beosh (Hebrew בְּאֹשׁ, Strong's H889) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “stench”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
stench, foul odour
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | stink (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | stench (2), its stench (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Beosh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 34:3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
Joel
- Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
Amos
- Amos 4:10I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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).