King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1314
Transliteration: bosem
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-sem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: spice, balsam, the balsam tree
Meaning: fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant
Word Summary
bosem: spice, balsam, the balsam tree
Original Word: בֶּשֶׂםTransliteration: bosem
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-sem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: spice, balsam, the balsam tree
Meaning: fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant
Strong's Concordance
smell, spice, sweet odor Or bosem {bo'-sem}; from the same as basam; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant -- smell, spice, sweet (odour).
see HEBREW basam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1314. bosem
בּ֫שֶֹׂם noun masculine1 Kings 10:10 spice, balsam, balsam-tree (Arabic , Aramaic בּוּסְמָא, , Greek βάλσαμον; compare Löw53) — ׳ב Isaiah 3:24 +, בֶּ֫שֶׂם Exodus 30:23 see below, בְּשָׂמִי Song of Solomon 5:1 (as if from בָּשָׂם); plural בְּשָׂמִים Exodus 25:6 18t., בְּשָׂמָיו Song of Solomon 4:16; — 1 spice, perfume, sweet odour Isaiah 3:24; קִנְּמָןבֶּֿשֶׂם Exodus 30:23 (׳ב perhaps so pointed to distinguish it from) קְנֵהבֿשֶֹׁם 30:23; — with this compare Aramaic , בוסמא קני — spices as costly, token of wealth 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:9 compare 2 Chronicles 32:27; royal gifts 1 Kings 10:2, 10, 25 2 Chronicles 9:1; 9:19; 9:24; compare singular 1 Kings 10:10 2 Chronicles 9:9; as article of commerce Ezekiel 27:22; burnt at burial 2 Chronicles 16:14; appointed for ingredient of the anointing oil Exodus 25:6; 35:8 compare 35:28 (all P), compare 1 Chronicles 9:30 (Palmyrene see above); stored in temple 9:29; used for purifying the women of Ahasuerus Esther 2:12; elsewhere only Song of Solomon 4:10, 14 spices, 4:16 balsam-juice, gathered 5:1; balsam-tree ב ׳הָרֵי 8:14; beds of balsam בּ ׳עֲרֻגוֺת 6:2; compare בּ ׳עֲרֻוּגַת 5:13 simile of lover's cheeks.