Strong H13153 sensesבָּֽשְׂמַת

Basemath

Transliteration
boώmath
Pronunciation
bos-math'

Meaning of the name

Bashemath or Basmath = "spice"

The 3 senses of Strong H1315

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1315 appears in 7 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Esau's wife, daughter of IshmaelH1315I5 verses · Genesis
  2. Wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's district governors.H1315G1 verse · 1 Kings
  3. Hittite wife of Esau; mother of EliphazH1315H1 verse · Genesis

General definition

Feminine of the second form of H1314; fragrance;
{Bosmath} the name of a wife of {Esau} and of a dughter of Solomon: - {Bashemath} Basmath.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • bashemath6
  • basmath1

First verses

  1. Genesis 26:34
    And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
  2. Genesis 36:3
    And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
  3. Genesis 36:4
    And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
  4. Genesis 36:10
    These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
  5. Genesis 36:13
    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  6. Genesis 36:17
    And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  7. 1 Kings 4:15
    Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: