This is the name of the place Bashan: Region east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.
Definition
of uncertain derivation; Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
Traditional renderings: Bashan.
Traditional renderings: Bashan.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
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- Isaiah 2:13הַבָּשָֽׁן׃ · of Bashan…against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
- Isaiah 33:9בָּשָׁ֖ן · BashanThe land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Jeremiah 22:20וּבַבָּשָׁ֖ן · in BashanGo up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
- Jeremiah 50:19וְהַבָּשָׁ֑ן · and BashanI will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
- Ezekiel 27:6מִבָּ֔שָׁן · from BashanOf oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
- Ezekiel 39:18בָשָׁ֖ן · of BashanYou will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
- Amos 4:1הַבָּשָׁן֙ · of BashanHear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
- Micah 7:14בָשָׁ֛ן · in BashanShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Nahum 1:4בָּשָׁן֙ · BashanHe rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
- Zechariah 11:2בָשָׁ֔ן · of BashanWail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!