בַּעְשָׁא

Strong’s Definition

Basha, a king of Israel

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root meaning to stink; offensiveness;

KJV Usage

Baasha.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.third king of the northern kingdom of israel and the founder of its second dynasty having killed the second king, nadab

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Baʻshâʼ; Pronunciation: bah-shaw'