בַּעְשָׁא
ba.sah
“Baasha”
Definition
Basha, a king of Israel
from an unused root meaning to stink; offensiveness;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בַּעְשָׁא appears 26 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their days.
Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.