What does בָּשָׁן mean in the Bible?
בָּשָׁן is a Hebrew word meaning "Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan".
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
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בָּשָׁן is a Hebrew word meaning "Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan".
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בָּשָׁן is a Hebrew word meaning "Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan".
The BSB source-word alignment has 60 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of Bashan (23), in Bashan (14), Bashan (8), and Bashan (3), from Bashan (3).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 21:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (15), 1 Chronicles (6), Psalms (6).
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItA compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
Hebrew word. Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
Bashan.
בָּשָׁן is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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