# בֶּשֶׂם (besem)

Israeli respelling: be-sem. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1314. 25 Old Testament occurrences.

fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant

King James renderings: smell, spice, sweet (odour).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/besem-h1314

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 25:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/25/6) — Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- [Exodus 30:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/23) — Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fif…
- [Exodus 35:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/8) — And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
- [Exodus 35:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/28) — And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
- [1 Kings 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/2) — And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was…
- [1 Kings 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/10) — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such a…
- [1 Kings 10:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/25) — And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a…
- [2 Kings 20:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/13) — And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the p…
- [1 Chronicles 9:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/9/29) — Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and th…
- [1 Chronicles 9:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/9/30) — And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
- [2 Chronicles 9:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/1) — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great com…
- [2 Chronicles 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/9) — And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such…
- [2 Chronicles 9:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/24) — And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate…
- [2 Chronicles 16:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/16/14) — And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled wit…
- [2 Chronicles 32:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/27) — And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and fo…
- [Esther 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/12) — Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women…
- [Song of Solomon 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/10) — How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- [Song of Solomon 4:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/14) — Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
- [Song of Solomon 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/16) — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden,…
- [Song of Solomon 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/13) — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
- [Song of Solomon 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/6/2) — My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- [Song of Solomon 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/8/14) — Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
- [Isaiah 3:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/24) — And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair b…
- [Isaiah 39:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/39/2) — And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious…
- [Ezekiel 27:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/22) — The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious ston…