Know the Word.

Hebrew word

bâʼash

baw-ash'

בָּאַשׁ

What it means

to smell bad

to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • stink4
  • stank3
  • abhorred2
  • abomination1
  • utterly1
  • abhor1
  • odious1
  • loathsome1

Every place it appears 16

Genesis34:30
1 Samuel13:427:12
2 Samuel10:616:21
1 Chronicles19:6
Psalms38:5
Proverbs13:5
Ecclesiastes10:1
Isaiah50:2
bâʼash — Hebrew word meaning “to smell bad”