Strong's Hebrew · H1315

בׇּשְׂמַת

Bosmath · bos-math'

Bashemath, Basmath.

Definition

Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon

Derivation

feminine of H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם) (the second form); fragrance;

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Genesis 36:13

These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Genesis 36:17

These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

Genesis 36:3

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 26:34

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 36:10

These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Genesis 36:4

And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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