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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1313 - בָּשָׂם

Transliteration

bâśâm

Phonetics

baw-sawm'

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be fragrant

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

290a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) spice, balsam

2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (1)

Song of Solomon

HCS ( 0 )

BSB ( 0 )

ESV ( 0 )

WEB ( 0 )

WEB (1)

Song of Solomon

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2024) m x b (בסמ BSM) AC: ? CO: Spice AB: ?: (eng: balsam - with an added l)

N^m) m x b (בסמ BSM) - Spice: Sweet smelling spices. KJV (1): spice - Strongs: H1313 (בָּשָׂם)

g^m) m x f b (בוסמ BWSM) - Spice: A sweet smelling spice. [df: MVb] KJV (29): spice, sweet, sweet - Strongs: H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּשָׂם or בְּשָׂם (with Kametz impure) m., balsam, the balsam plant, formerly frequent in the gardens of Judæa, and still cultivated at Tiberias, Song of Solomon 5:1. (Arab. بَشَامُ an odorous shrub, like the balsam tree; by the insertion of Lam quadril. بلسام, بلسم, بلسان βάλσαμος, the balsam tree.) [“Ch. and Talmud. בּוּסְמָן, also אֲפַרְסְמוֹן, l being changed into r.”]

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