Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H873 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בִּאוּשׁ |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | (Aramaic) from H888 |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | bi'uwsh |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | be-oosh' |
| Meaning: | 1. wicked |
| KJV Renderings: | bad. |
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[בִּאישׁ K§ 11, 8b)] adjective bad (so Egyptian Aramaic Cooke75. 2; ᵑ7 בִּישׁ, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5936]); — feminine singular emphatic וּבִאישְׁתָּא Ezra 4:12 rebellious and bad city (not בִּאוּשְׁתָָּא, see Baern.).
בָּאתַר, בָּתַר see אֲתַר .
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
