Hebrew verb · H887
בָּאַשׁ
baashbaw-ash'
to stink
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâʼash
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H887is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H887
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
The King James renders it: (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
baash is rendered "to stink". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Six of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 34:30Then 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.”
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
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.”
Genesis 34:30לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's seventeen uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- 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
and 2 more, 17 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בָּאַר | baar | to make plain | Uses3 |
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יַבְאִ֥ישׁ2
- הִבְאִ֔ישׁ1
- הִבְאִישׁ֙1
- הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ1
- הַבְאֵ֤שׁ1
- הִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣ם1
- הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ1
- וּבָאַ֣שׁ1
- וַיִּבְאַ֣שׁ1
- וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ1
- וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁ1
- לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhp3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- Hc/Vqw3fs1Hc/Vqw3fs
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Vhcc/Sp1bs
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1HVhaa
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVhp2mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVhp3cp
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVNp2ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVNp3cp
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVNp3ms
Genesis
one use
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.”
- לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙lehavishenipreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: by making odious me
Exodus
six uses
“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!”
- הִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣םhivashtemverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have made stink
The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
- וּבָאַ֣שׁuvaashHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will stink
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.
- וַיִּבְאַ֣שׁvaiyivashHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it stank
They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
- וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁvativashHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it stank
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.
- וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁvaiyivashHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it stank
So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
- הִבְאִ֔ישׁhivishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it stank
1 Samuel
three uses
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.
- נִבְאַשׁnivashverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has made itself odious
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
- הַבְאֵ֤שׁhaveshverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to become odious
- הִבְאִישׁ֙hivishverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has become odious
2 Samuel
two uses
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.
- נִבְאֲשׁ֖וּnivashuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had made themselves odious
Ahithophel 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.”
- נִבְאַ֣שְׁתָּnivashtaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have made yourself odious
1 Chronicles
one use
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
- הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּhitbaashuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had made themselves odious
Psalms
one use
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּhivishuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they stink
Proverbs
one use
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
- יַבְאִ֥ישׁyavishverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he acts odiously
Ecclesiastes
one use
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- יַבְאִ֥ישׁyavishverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it causes to stink
Isaiah
one use
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- תִּבְאַ֤שׁtivashverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will stink
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
