1. Baasha (king of Israel) — The proper name of Baasha son of Ahijah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (c. 909-886 BC), who overthrew the dynasty of Jeroboam and is prominent in the narratives of 1 Kings 15-16, 2 Chronicles 16, and Jeremiah 41:9. All three clusters are the same personal name with minor variation: the standard form (Baasha), a prepositional construction (of Baasha), and a spelling variant (Basha). Cross-linguistically stable: Spanish Baasha/Baasa, Arabic بَعْشَا (Ba'sha), Korean 바사 (Basa) / 바아샤 (Ba-asha), Swahili Baasha, Hindi बआशा/बाशा (Ba'sha) all transliterate the same individual. 28×
AR["بَعْشَا"]·ben["বাশা","বাশার"]·DE["Baesa"]·EN["Baasha"]·FR["Baescha"]·heb["בעשא"]·HI["बआशा"]·ID["Baesa"]·IT["Baasa"]·jav["Baesa"]·KO["바사","바사가","바사는","바사에게","바사의"]·PT["Ba'sha'"]·RU["Бааша","Бааше","Бааши","Баашой"]·ES["Baasha"]·SW["Baasha"]·TR["Baaşa","Baaşa'nın","Baaşa'ya"]·urd["بعشا","بعشا-سے","بعشا-نے","بعشا-کا","بعشا-کی","بعشا-کے"]
1 Kgs 15:16, 1 Kgs 15:17, 1 Kgs 15:19, 1 Kgs 15:21, 1 Kgs 15:22, 1 Kgs 15:27, 1 Kgs 15:27, 1 Kgs 15:28, 1 Kgs 15:32, 1 Kgs 15:33, 1 Kgs 16:1, 1 Kgs 16:3 (+16 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
בַּעְשָׁא n.pr.m. a king of Israel 1 K 15:16, 17, 19 + 18 times 1 K 15–16 + 21:22 2 K 9:9 2 Ch 16:1, 3, 5, 6 Je 41:9.