Strong's Hebrew · H887
H887 bâʼash
בָּאַשׁ
baw-ash'
to stink
Looking for Greek G887 achlýs? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H887. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
bâʼash appears 18 times in Scripture, including Genesis 34:30 and Exodus 5:21. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
In the King James Version
(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), × utterly.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 18 times in Scripture
“But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.”
““May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!””
“And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.”
“When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.”
“Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.””
“So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.”
“The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.”
“The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.”
“They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.”
“The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
