Basemath
בָּֽשְׂמַתStrong’s H1315bosmat (bos-mat)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bosmat is the Hebrew word usually translated “basemath”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
- Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth
- Daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers
How it's translated
- basemath 6
- and basemath 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 6
- 1 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 36:3And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
- Genesis 36:4And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
- Genesis 36:10These 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.
- Genesis 36:13And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- Genesis 36:17And 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.
- 1 Kings 4:15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Hebrew dictionary
בָּֽשְׂמַת bosmat · Basemath
A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.15; daughter of: Solomon (H8010); sister of: Taphath (H2955) and Rehoboam (H7346); married to Ahimaaz (H0290I) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers
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.