בָּאַשׁ

Strong’s Definition

to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

(make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad
• 2.(qal) to stink, smell bad
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.to become odious (i.e., abhorred)
• 5.to be evil, to act wickedly
• 6.(hiphil)
• 7.(hithpael) to make oneself odious

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: bâʼash; Pronunciation: baw-ash'