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Bashemath, Basmath

“Bashemath” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(pleasing). Wife of Esau (Gen. 26:34; 36:3-4,13³⁴And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (Genesis 26:34)
³And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. ⁴And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; (Genesis 36:3‑4)
¹³And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:13)). Mahalath (Gen. 28:9⁹Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (Genesis 28:9)).

“Basmath” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(pleasing). Daughter of Solomon (1 Kings 4:15¹⁵Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (1 Kings 4:15)).

“Bashemath” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the wives of Esau, the daughter of Ishmael and the mother of Reuel (Gen. 36:3-4³And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. ⁴And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; (Genesis 36:3‑4)). In the earlier narrative, (Gen. 26:34³⁴And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (Genesis 26:34); Gen. 28:9⁹Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (Genesis 28:9)), the names of Esau’s wives differ from those given in Genesis 36:2-3²Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; ³And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. (Genesis 36:2‑3). The women may have had two names, or another name may have been given them on their marriage. It appears probable that Bashemath, daughter of Elon, is the same as ADAH, daughter of Elon; and that Bashemath, daughter of Ishmael, is the same as MAHALATH, daughter of Ishmael. JUDITH, daughter of Beeri, may be the same as AHOLIBAMAH, daughter of Anah, if Beeri is her father’s name and Anah her mother’s.

“Basmath” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

Daughter of Solomon and wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon’s commissariat officers (1 Kings 4:15¹⁵Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (1 Kings 4:15)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1315 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Bosmath

Phonic:

bos-math’

Meaning:

feminine of 1314 (the second form); fragrance; Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon

KJV Usage:

Bashemath, Basmath

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

same as Basmath Bas’math, spice

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Delight; fragrant:―daughter of Solomon, married to Ahimaaz, 1 Kings 4:15. {Delectatio}