Hebrew word · H4017

מִבְשָׂם

mivsam

Mibsam

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.13;

son of: Ishmael (H3458);

brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258)

§ Mibsam = "sweet odour"

1) a son of Ishmael

2) a descendant of Simeon

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 25:13 וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃ and Mibsam

    These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:29 וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃ and Mibsam

    These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:25 מִבְשָׂ֥ם Mibsam

    The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

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