H889 בְּאֹשׁ (bᵉʼôsh) be-oshe'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

stench

Strong's Definition

a stench

Derivation: from H877 (בֹּאר);

KJV Usage: stink.

TWOT Reference: 195a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) stench, foul odour

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּאֹשׁ (be.osh) — stench. stench, foul odour

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בְּאֹשׁ (H0889)

noun m

Smell | ≈ צַחֲנָה

to become foul, to stink, stench = process by which dead animals, plants, or wounds give off a foul odor; ≈ considered repulsive

ISA 34:3 · JOL 2:20 · AMO 4:10

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּאֹשׁ n.m. stench base

Bible Occurrences (3)

34:3

2:20

4:10

Isaiah 34:3

Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.

Joel 2:20

The northern [army] I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

Amos 4:10

I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me, declares the LORD.