HebrewH1316Noun

בָּשָׁן

ba.shan

47Occurrences
H1316Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan

of uncertain derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Bashan = "fruitful" a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

בָּשָׁן appears 47 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
13
Deuteronomy
12
1 Chronicles
4
1 Kings
2
Ezk
2
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
2
Numbers
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 5:11BSB

The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

Deuteronomy 3:1BSB

Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 4:43BSB

Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

Joshua 12:5BSB

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Joshua 21:27BSB

This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

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