Bashemath
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BASEMATH; BASHEMATH; BASMATH

bas'-e-math, bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"):

(1) Basemath, one of the wives of Esau, a daughter of Elon, the Hittite (Genesis 26:34; the King James Version Bashemath), probably identical with or a sister of Adah whom he also married (Genesis 36:2). Compare ADAH.

(2) Basemath (the King James Version Bashemath), another wife of Esau, a daughter of Ishmael and a sister of Nebaioth (Genesis 36:3, 4, 10, 13, 17). This wife is also called Mahalath (Genesis 28:9), and is of the house of Abraham. Esau married her because his father was not pleased with his other wives who were daughters of Canaan. Compare MAHALATH.

(3) Basemath (the King James Version Basmath), the daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, a commissariat-officer in the service of Solomon (1 Kings 4:15).

A. L. Breslich

BASHEMATH

bash'-e-math.

See BASEMATH.

Strong's Hebrew
1315. Basemath -- "perfume," a wife of Esau (or perhaps two wives ...
... 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. ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Bashemath

perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bashemath

(fragrant, pleasing), daughter of Ishmael, the last married of the three wives of Esau. (Genesis 26:34; 36:3,4,13) (B.C. after 1797.) In (Genesis 28:9) she is called Mahalath.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Sweet-smelling.

(1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's three wives (Genesis 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Genesis 28:9). It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Genesis 36) from those given to them in the history (Genesis 26:34; 28:9).

(2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his officers (1 Kings 4:15).

Thesaurus
Bashemath (6 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BASEMATH; BASHEMATH; BASMATH. ... AL Breslich.
BASHEMATH. bash'-e-math. See BASEMATH. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Basmath (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BASEMATH; BASHEMATH; BASMATH. bas'-e-math,
bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"): (1) Basemath ...
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Basemath (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BASEMATH; BASHEMATH; BASMATH. bas'-e-math,
bash'-e-math, bas'-math (basemath, "fragrant"): (1) Basemath ...
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Nebajoth (3 Occurrences)
... sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (KJV WBS YLT). Genesis 36:3 And Bashemath
Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Reuel (14 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Friend of God. (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath
(Genesis 36:4, 10; 1 Chronicles 1:35). (2.) "The priest ...
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Elon (8 Occurrences)
... Oak. (1.) A city of Dan (Joshua 19:43). (2.) A Hittite, father of Bashemath, Esau's
wife (Genesis 26:34). (3.) One of the sons of Zebulun (Genesis 46:14). ...
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Esau (89 Occurrences)
... years, to the great grief of his parents, he married (Genesis 26:34, 35) two
Canaanitish maidens, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Bashemath, the daughter ...
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Duke (14 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Dukes (14 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Mahalath (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A lute; lyre. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, and third
wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9); called also Bashemath (Genesis 36:3). ...
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Bible Concordance
Bashemath (6 Occurrences)

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:
(KJV WBS YLT)

Genesis 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Genesis 36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
(KJV WBS YLT)

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.
(KJV WBS YLT)

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.
(KJV WBS YLT)

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.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Bashemath

Bashemath: Wife of Esau

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