Strong's H887 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: בָּאַשׁ (bâʼash)

Pronunciation: baw-ash'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

Definition: to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally

KJV Renderings: (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly

Senses

1. to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad
   1. (Qal) to stink, smell bad
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to become odious
      2. to make oneself odious
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to stink, emit a stinking odour
      2. to cause to stink
      3. of wickedness (fig.)
   4. (Hithpael) to make oneself odious
2. (TWOT) to abhor

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