Word Study · Strong's H887 · Hebrew
בָּאַשׁ
baash
baw-ash'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bâʼash
“to smell bad”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
Rendered in the KJV as
(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- יַבְאִ֥ישׁ2
- הִבְאִ֔ישׁ1
- הִבְאִישׁ֙1
- הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ1
- הַבְאֵ֤שׁ1
- הִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣ם1
- הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ1
- וּבָאַ֣שׁ1
- וַיִּבְאַ֣שׁ1
- וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ1
- וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁ1
- לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- and it stank3
- they had made themselves odious2
- and it will stink1
- by making odious me1
- certainly to become odious1
- he acts odiously1
- he has become odious1
- it causes to stink1
- it has made itself odious1
- it stank1
- it will stink1
- they stink1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- Hc/Vqw3ms2
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- Hc/Vqq3ms1
- Hc/Vqw3fs1
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 2
- HVhi3ms · 2
- HVhp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vqq3ms · 1
- Hc/Vqw3fs · 1
- HR/Vhcc/Sp1bs · 1
- HVhaa · 1
- HVhp2mp · 1
- HVhp3cp · 1
- HVNp2ms · 1
- HVNp3cp · 1
- HVNp3ms · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus6 of 17 · 35%
- 1 Samuel3 of 17 · 18%
- 2 Samuel2 of 17 · 12%
- Genesis1 of 17 · 6%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 17 · 6%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 5:21הִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣םhivashtemverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural“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!”here: you have made stink
- Exodus 7:18וּבָאַ֣שׁuvaashHc/Vqq3msThe fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”here: and it will stink
- Exodus 7:21וַיִּבְאַ֣שׁvaiyivashHc/Vqw3msThe 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.here: and it stank
- Exodus 8:14וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁvativashHc/Vqw3fsThey were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.here: and it stank
- Exodus 16:20וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁvaiyivashHc/Vqw3msBut 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.here: and it stank
- Exodus 16:24הִבְאִ֔ישׁhivishverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.here: it stank
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:4נִבְאַשׁnivashverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd 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.here: it has made itself odious
- 1 Samuel 27:12הַבְאֵ֤שׁhaveshverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteSo Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”here: certainly to become odious
- 1 Samuel 27:12הִבְאִישׁ֙hivishverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”here: he has become odious
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 10:6נִבְאֲשׁ֖וּnivashuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWhen 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.here: they had made themselves odious
- 2 Samuel 16:21נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּnivashtaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularAhithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”here: you have made yourself odious