STRONGS NUMBER H1314


Word Summary
bosem: spice, balsam, the balsam tree
Original Word: בֶּשֶׂם
Transliteration: bosem
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-sem)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: spice, balsam, the balsam tree
Meaning: fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant
Strong's Concordance
smell, spice, sweet odor

Or bosem {bo'-sem}; from the same as basam; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant -- smell, spice, sweet (odour).

see HEBREW basam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1314. bosem

בּ֫שֶֹׂםnoun masculine1 Kings 10:10 spice, balsam, balsam-tree (Arabic , Aramaic בּוּסְמָא‎, , Greek βάλσαμον; compare Löw53) — ׳בIsaiah 3:24 +, בֶּ֫שֶׂםExodus 30:23 see below, בְּשָׂמִיSong of Solomon 5:1 (as if from בָּשָׂם‎); plural בְּשָׂמִיםExodus 25:6 18t., בְּשָׂמָיוSong of Solomon 4:16; — 1 spice, perfume, sweet odour Isaiah 3:24; קִנְּמָןבֶּֿשֶׂםExodus 30:23 (׳ב‎ perhaps so pointed to distinguish it from) קְנֵהבֿשֶֹׁם30:23; — with this compare Aramaic , בוסמא קני‎ — spices as costly, token of wealth 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:9 compare 2 Chronicles 32:27; royal gifts 1 Kings 10:2, 10, 25 2 Chronicles 9:1; 9:19; 9:24; compare singular 1 Kings 10:10 2 Chronicles 9:9; as article of commerce Ezekiel 27:22; burnt at burial 2 Chronicles 16:14; appointed for ingredient of the anointing oil Exodus 25:6; 35:8 compare 35:28 (all P), compare 1 Chronicles 9:30 (Palmyrene see above); stored in temple 9:29; used for purifying the women of Ahasuerus Esther 2:12; elsewhere only Song of Solomon 4:10, 14 spices, 4:16 balsam-juice, gathered 5:1; balsam-tree ב ׳הָרֵי8:14; beds of balsam בּ ׳עֲרֻגוֺת6:2; compare בּ ׳עֲרֻוּגַת5:13 simile of lover's cheeks.