King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1315
Transliteration: Basemath
Phonetic Spelling: (bos-math')
Part of Speech: Proper name
Short Definition: "perfume", a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives with the same name), also a daughter of Solomon
Meaning: Basemath -- "perfume", a wife of Esau, also a daughter of Solomon
Word Summary
Basemath: "perfume", a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives with the same name), also a daughter of Solomon
Original Word: בָּשְׂמַתTransliteration: Basemath
Phonetic Spelling: (bos-math')
Part of Speech: Proper name
Short Definition: "perfume", a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives with the same name), also a daughter of Solomon
Meaning: Basemath -- "perfume", a wife of Esau, also a daughter of Solomon
Strong's Concordance
Bashemath, Basmath Feminine of besem (the second form); fragrance; Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon -- Bashemath, Basmath.
see HEBREW besem
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1315. Basemath
בָּֽשְׂמִת proper name, feminine (perfume ?) —
1 Hittite woman, a wife of Esau Genesis 26:34 (P); called daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebaioth 36:3 (but due probably to R; this daughter of Ishmael is מַחֲלַת in 28:9 P); see also 36:4, 10, 13, 17 (all P) (⅏ has מחלת throughout Genesis 36).
2 daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz 1 Kings 4:15.