Strongs Number: H887
- Hebrew Word
- בָּאַשׁ
- Transliteration
- bâʼash
- Phonetic
- baw-ash'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to smell bad; figuratively to be offensive morally
- BDB Definition
-
1. to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad
a. (Qal) to stink, smell bad
b. (Niphal)
1. to become odious
2. to make oneself odious
c. (Hiphil)
1. to stink, emit a stinking odour
2. to cause to stink
3. of wickedness (fig.)
d. (Hithpael) to make oneself odious
2. to abhor
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- (make to) be abhorred (had in {abomination} {loathsome} {odious}) (cause {a} make to) stink (-ing {savour}) X-(idiom) utterly.