Baʻshâʼ — H1201

H1201 · Hebrew — בעשא

Pronunciation: bah-shaw'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Basha, a king of Israel

  1. Baasha = "wicked"
  2. third king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the founder of its second dynasty having killed the second king, Nadab

Usually translated as

Baasha

Origin

from an unused root meaning to stink; offensiveness

Occurrences

Baʻshâʼ occurs 28 times in 26 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (20), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Jeremiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B