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Lexicon :: Strong's H887 - bā'aš

Aa
בָּאַשׁ
Transliteration
bā'aš
Pronunciation
baw-ash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 195

Strong’s Definitions

בָּאַשׁ bâʼash, baw-ash'; a primitive root; to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally:—(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H887 in the following manner: stink (10x), abhor (3x), abomination (1x), loathsome (1x), stinking savour (1x), utterly 1 (inf. for emphasis).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H887 in the following manner: stink (10x), abhor (3x), abomination (1x), loathsome (1x), stinking savour (1x), utterly 1 (inf. for emphasis).

  1. to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad

    1. (Qal) to stink, smell bad

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to become odious

      2. to make oneself odious

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to stink, emit a stinking odour

      2. to cause to stink

      3. of wickedness (fig.)

    4. (Hithpael) to make oneself odious

  2. (TWOT) to abhor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּאַשׁ bâʼash, baw-ash'; a primitive root; to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally:—(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), × utterly.
STRONGS H887: Abbreviations
† בָּאַשׁ verb have a bad smell, stink (Arabic bdb009202 be evil, Aramaic H888 בְּאֵשׁ, bdb009203 be evil, Assyrian bîšu LotzTP 78) —
Qal Perfect וּבָאַשׁ consecutive Exodus 7:18; Imperfect וַיִּבְאַשׁ Exodus 7:21, אַֿ֑שׁ Exodus 16:20; 3rd person feminine singular תִּבְאַשׁ Isaiah 50:2; וַתִּבְאַשׁ Exodus 8:10; — stink, of Nile, on account of dead fish Exodus 7:18, 21 (E); of land of Egypt, owing to dead frogs Exodus 8:10 (J); of manna kept over Exodus 16:20 (P ? or R) וַיָּרֻם תּוֺלָעִים וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ and it grew foul (rotten, decayed) with worms, and stank; Isaiah 50:2 תִּבְאַשׁ דְּגָתָם מֵאֵין מַיִם וְתָמֹת בַּצָּמָא their fish stink for lack of water, etc. (Greek Version of the LXX Lo Di read תִּיבַשׁ, dry up and die, which suits ||, but not the usage of יָבֵשׁ).
Niph. Perfect נִבְאַשׁ 1 Samuel 13:4; נִבְאֲשׁוּ 2 Samuel 10:6; נִבְאַשְׁתָּ 2 Samuel 16:2; — only figurative make oneself odious, become odious (compare English be in bad odour), followed by אֵת with = towards; נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶתאָֿבִיךָ 2 Samuel 16:21 thou hast become odious with thy father; also followed by בְּ (rather strangely) 1 Samuel 13:4 Israel made themselves odious to the Philistines; 2 Samuel 10:6 Ammonites to David.
Hiph. Perfect הִבְאִישׁ Exodus 16:24; 1 Samuel 27:12; הִבְאִישׁוּ Psalm 38:6; הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם Exodus 5:21; Imperfect יַבְאִישׁ Proverbs 13:5; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Infinitive absolute הַבְאֵשׁ 1 Samuel 27:12; construct suffix לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי Genesis 34:30; —
1. emit a stinking odour Exodus 16:24 of manna (compare Qal Exodus 16:20); Psalm 38:6 הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י my wounds have grown stinking, they have festered (of chastisement for sin); 1 Samuel 17:12 figurative of David הַבְאֵשׁ הִבְאִישׁ בְּעַמּוֺ he hath become utterly abhorred among his people.
2. cause to stink, זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַבִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רוֺקֵ֑חַ dead flies cause to stink (and) to ferment the oil of a perfumer; usually figurative הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם אֶתרֵֿיחֵנוּ Exodus 5:21 (J), i.e. ye have made us odious, followed by בְּעֵינֵי, compare (with accusative of person) Genesis 34:30 followed by בְ; also without object Proverbs 13:5 a wicked man makes odious and shameful (De Now Str; Be Ew Hi Zö acts odiously and shamefully).
Hithp. Perfect הִתְבָּאֲשׁוּ 1 Chronicles 19:6 they had made themselves odious (= Niph. in || 2 Samuel 10:6), followed by עִם.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30

Exodus

5:21; 5:21; 7:18; 7:18; 7:21; 7:21; 8:10; 8:10; 16:20; 16:20; 16:20; 16:24; 16:24

1 Samuel

13:4; 13:4; 17:12; 27:12; 27:12

2 Samuel

10:6; 10:6; 10:6; 16:2; 16:21

1 Chronicles

19:6

Psalms

38:6; 38:6

Proverbs

13:5; 13:5

Ecclesiastes

10:1

Isaiah

50:2; 50:2

H887

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Strong's Number H887 matches the Hebrew בָּאַשׁ (bā'aš),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob H3290 said H559 to Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, “You have brought H5916 trouble H5916 on H5916 me by making H887 me repulsive H887 among the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, among the Canaanites H3669 and the Perizzites H6522; and [fn]since my men H4962 are few H4962 in number H4557, they will band H622 together H622 against H5921 me and [fn]attack H5221 me, and I will be destroyed H8045, I and my household H1004!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said H559 to them, “May the LORD H3068 look H7200 upon you and judge H8199 you, because H834 you have made H887 [fn]us repulsive H887 H7381 in Pharaoh’s H6547 sight H5869 and in the sight H5869 of his servants H5650, to put H5414 a sword H2719 in their hand H3027 to kill H2026 us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - “Then the fish H1710 that are in the Nile H2975 will die H4191, the Nile H2975 will stink H887, and the Egyptians H4714 will [fn]no H3811 longer H3811 be H3811 able H3811 to drink H8354 water H4325 from the Nile H2975.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - Then the fish H1710 that were in the Nile H2975 died H4191, and the Nile H2975 stank H887, so that the Egyptians H4714 could H3201 not drink H8354 water H4325 from the Nile H2975. And the blood H1818 was through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:14 - So they piled H6651 them in heaps H2563, and the land H776 stank H887.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But they did not listen H8085 to Moses H4872, and some H376 left H3498 part of it until H5704 morning H1242, and it bred H7311 worms H8438 and stank H887; and Moses H4872 was H7107 angry H7107 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they put H5117 it aside H5117 until H5704 morning H1242, as Moses H4872 had ordered H6680, and it did not stink H887 nor H3808 was there a maggot H7415 in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - And all H3605 Israel H3478 heard H8085 [fn]the news H559 that Saul H7586 had attacked H5221 the garrison H5333 of the Philistines H6430, and also H1571 that Israel H3478 had become H887 repulsive H887 to the Philistines H6430. Then the people H5971 were summoned H6817 [fn]to Saul H7586 at Gilgal H1537.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish H397 believed H539 David H1732, saying H559, “He has undoubtedly H887 made H887 himself repulsive H887 among his people H5971 Israel H3478; therefore he will become H1961 my servant H5650 forever H5769.”

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Now when the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 repulsive H887 to David H1732, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 messengers and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, twenty H6242 thousand H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with a thousand H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel H302 said H559 to Absalom H53, “Have H935 relations H935 with H935 your father’s H1 concubines H6370, whom H834 he has left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004; then all H3605 Israel H3478 will hear H8085 that you have made H887 yourself repulsive H887 to your father H1. The hands H3027 of all H3605 who H834 are with you will also be strengthened H2388.”

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When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves repulsive H887 to David H1732, Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 [fn]a thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia H763, Aram-maacah H758 H4601, and Zobah H6678.

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My [fn]wounds H2250 grow H887 foul H887 and fester H4743

Because H4480 H6440 of my foolishness H200.

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A righteous H6662 person H6662 hates H8130 a false H8267 statement H1697,

But a wicked H7563 person H7563 [fn]acts H887 disgustingly H887 and shamefully H2659.

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Dead H4194 flies H2070 turn H887 a perfumer’s H7543 oil H8081 rancid H887, so a little H4592 foolishness H5531 is more H4480 [fn]potent H3368 than H4480 wisdom H2451 and honor H3519.

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“Everyone H3605 will be H954 ashamed H954 because H5921 of a people H5971 who do H3808 not benefit H3276 them,

Who are not a help H5828 or benefit H3276, but a source of shame H1322 and also H1571 disgrace H2781.”

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“Why H4069 was H369 there H369 no H369 one H376 when I came H935?

When I called H7121, why was H369 there H369 no H369 one H369 to answer H6030?

Is My hand H3027 so H4480 short H7114 that H4480 it cannot H4480 redeem H6304?

Or H518 do I have H369 no H369 power H3581 to rescue H5337?

Behold H2005, I dry H2717 up H2717 the sea H3220 with My rebuke H1606,

I turn H7760 rivers H5104 into H7760 a wilderness H4057;

Their fish H1710 stink H887 for lack H369 of water H4325,

And die H4191 of thirst H6772.

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