Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1315: בׇּשְׂמַת

Bosmath · pronounced bos-math' · “Basemath”

Definition

Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon

KJV translates it as: Bashemath, Basmath.

Word origin: feminine of H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם) (the second form); fragrance;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1315 is translated

  • basemath ×7

Bible verses with H1315 (Bosmath)

Bosmath appears in 7 verses.

  • Genesis 26:34

    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:

  • Genesis 36:3

    And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

  • Genesis 36:4

    And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

  • Genesis 36:10

    These 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 36:13

    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:17

    And 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 4:15

    Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: