Bâshân — H1316

H1316 · Hebrew — בשן

Pronunciation: baw-shawn'

Definition

locative proper noun

Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan

  1. Bashan = "fruitful"
  2. a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh

Usually translated as

Bashan

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Bâshân occurs 60 times in 53 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (13), Joshua (13), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (5), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (2), Amos (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B