Word Study · Strong's H1310 · Hebrew
בָּשַׁל
bashal
baw-shal'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bâshal
“properly, to boil up”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
Rendered in the KJV as
bake, boil, bring forth, roast, seethe, sod (be sodden).
- 28occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 24inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 28 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 24
- תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל3
- יְבַשְּׁלוּ־2
- מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל2
- בָשַׁ֖ל1
- בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה1
- בִּשְּׁל֗וּ1
- בִּשְּׁל֖וּ1
- בַּשְּׁל֣וּ1
- בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ1
- בָּשְׁל֥וּ1
- בִּשְּׁלָ֣ם1
- הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 24
- you will boil3
- boil2
- they will boil2
- and cook1
- and she cooked1
- and they boiled1
- and they cooked1
- and they will boil1
- and we cooked1
- and you will boil1
- and you will cook [it]1
- being boiled1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 20
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular3
- Hc/Vpq2ms2
- Hc/Vpq3cp2
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
- Hc/Vpw1cp1
- Hc/Vpw3fs1
- Hc/Vpw3mp1
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi2ms · 3
- Hc/Vpq2ms · 2
- Hc/Vpq3cp · 2
- HVpi3mp · 2
- HVpp3cp · 2
- HVPsmsa · 2
- HVpv2mp · 2
- HC/Vpv2ms · 1
- Hc/Vpw1cp · 1
- Hc/Vpw3fs · 1
- Hc/Vpw3mp · 1
- HR/Vpcc · 1
All 28, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus6 of 28 · 21%
- Ezekiel4 of 28 · 14%
- Leviticus3 of 28 · 11%
- Deuteronomy2 of 28 · 7%
- 1 Samuel2 of 28 · 7%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 12:9מְבֻשָּׁ֖לmevushalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularDo not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.here: being boiled
- Exodus 16:23תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙tevasheluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralHe told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”here: you will boil
- Exodus 16:23בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּbasheluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluralHe told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”here: boil
- Exodus 23:19תְבַשֵּׁ֥לtevashelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: you must boil
- Exodus 29:31וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥uvishaltaHc/Vpq2msYou are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.here: and you will boil
- Exodus 34:26תְבַשֵּׁ֥לtevashelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”here: you will boil
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 6:28תְּבֻשַּׁל־tevushal-verb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThe clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.here: it will be boiled
- Leviticus 6:28בֻּשָּׁ֔לָהbushalahverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularThe clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.here: it was boiled
- Leviticus 8:31בַּשְּׁל֣וּbasheluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’here: boil
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 14:21תְבַשֵּׁ֥לtevashelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: you will boil
- Deuteronomy 16:7וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֙uvishaltaHc/Vpq2msAnd you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.here: and you will cook [it]
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:13כְּבַשֵּׁ֣לkevashelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boilinghere: when boiled
- 1 Samuel 2:15מְבֻשָּׁ֖לmevushalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularEven before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”here: boiled
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 4:38וּבַשֵּׁ֥לuvashelconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singularWhen Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”here: and cook
- 2 Kings 6:29וַנְּבַשֵּׁ֥לvanevashelHc/Vpw1cpSo we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”here: and we cooked
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 35:13וַֽיְבַשְּׁל֥וּvayvasheluHc/Vpw3mpThey roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.here: and they cooked
- 2 Chronicles 35:13בִּשְּׁל֗וּbisheluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.here: they boiled
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 24:5בָּשְׁל֥וּbasheluverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralTake the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’here: they have cooked
- Ezekiel 46:20יְבַשְּׁלוּ־yevashelu-verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluraland said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”here: they will boil
- Ezekiel 46:24הַֽמְבַשְּׁלִ֔יםhamvashelimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”here: those [who] boil
- Ezekiel 46:24יְבַשְּׁלוּ־yevashelu-verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”here: they will boil