Bâʼash — H887

H887 · Hebrew — באש

Pronunciation: baw-ash'

Definition

verb

to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally

  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

Usually translated as

stink, be abhorred, stinking savour, utterly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Bâʼash occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (6), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B