4017. Mibsam
Berean Strong's Lexicon
Mibsam: Mibsam

Original Word: מבשם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Mibsam
Pronunciation: MIB-sam
Phonetic Spelling: (mib-sawm')
Definition: Mibsam
Meaning: Mibsam

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root בָּשַׂם (basam), meaning "to be fragrant" or "spice."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the name Mibsam in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew genealogies.

Usage: Mibsam is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, meaning "fragrant" or "spice." It is used to refer to two individuals in the genealogies of the Old Testament.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, names often carried significant meanings and were sometimes indicative of personal characteristics or familial hopes. The name Mibsam, meaning "fragrant," could imply a pleasant or desirable quality. The use of aromatic spices was common in ancient Israel for religious, medicinal, and burial purposes, highlighting the cultural appreciation for fragrance.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as bosem
Definition
a son of Ishmael, also a Simeonite
NASB Translation
Mibsam (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מִבְשָׂם proper name, masculine 1. a son of Ishmael Genesis 25:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:29.

2 a descendant of Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:25.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Mibsam

From the same as besem; fragrant; Mibsam, the name of an Ishmaelite and of an Israelite -- Mibsam.

see HEBREW besem

Forms and Transliterations
וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃ ומבשם׃ מִבְשָׂ֥ם מבשם miḇ·śām miḇśām mivSam ū·miḇ·śām ūmiḇśām umivSam
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 25:13
HEB: וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃
NAS: and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
KJV: and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
INT: and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

1 Chronicles 1:29
HEB: וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃
NAS: then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
KJV: then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
INT: Kedar Adbeel Mibsam

1 Chronicles 4:25
HEB: שַׁלֻּ֥ם בְּנ֛וֹ מִבְשָׂ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ מִשְׁמָ֥ע
NAS: his son, Mibsam his son,
KJV: his son, Mibsam his son,
INT: Shallum his son Mibsam his son Mishma

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4017
3 Occurrences


miḇ·śām — 1 Occ.
ū·miḇ·śām — 2 Occ.
















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