Baasha
בַּעְשָׁאStrong’s H1201basah (ba-sah)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Basah is the Hebrew word usually translated “baasha”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.”
Meaning
- A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.16
How it's translated
- baasha 27
- of baasha 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 20
- 2 Chronicles 4
- 2 Kings 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 15:17And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:19There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 1 Kings 15:21And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 15:22Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1 Kings 15:27And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
- 1 Kings 15:28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
Hebrew dictionary
בַּעְשָׁא basah · Baasha
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.15.16; son of: Ahijah (H0281I); father of: Elah (H0425H) § Baasha = "wicked" third king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the founder of its second dynasty having killed the second king, Nadab
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.