בָּשָׁן

n.pr.terr.m. Dt 3:3 (smooth (& fertile) land) Bashan, first mentioned as kingdom of Og, E. of Jordan, stretching from stream Jabboḳ (thus including northern Gilead) northward to Hermon, between Gennesaret (W) and mts of Hauran (E); cf. Di Nu 21:33 Wetzst Hauran 82; later a type of fertility;—usually c. art. הַבּ׳ Nu 21:33(×2); 32:33; Dt 1:4 + 30 times Dt Jos; 1 K 4:13, 19 2 K 10:33; 1 Ch 5:11, 12, 16, 23; 6:47, 56; Ne 9:22 ψ 68:23; 135:11; 136:20; Je 22:20; 50:19 (‖ הַכַּרְמֶל), Mi 7:14 (‖ id.), Na 1:4) (‖ id.; personif., subj. of אֻמְלַל), Is 33:9 (‖ id.; personif. subj. of נֹעֵר); הַר־בָּשָׁן (i.e. range of Hauran) ψ 68:16(×2) (called הַר־אלהים,—from a sanctuary there?—& הַר־גַּבְנֻנִּים many-peaked mt.); of stately trees אַלּוֹנֵי הַבּ׳ Is 2:13 (still seen on western slope of mts. of Hauran, Wetzst Hauran 88); אַלּוֹנֵי ב׳ Zc 11:2 (fig. of prominent men); אַלּוֹנִים מִבּ׳ Ez 27:6; of bulls אַבִּירֵי ב׳ ψ 22:13 (‖ פָּרִים, fig.); so בְּנֵי־ב׳ Dt 32:14 (+ כָּרִים וְאֵילִים also עַתּוּדִים, cf. בָּקָר & צֹאן v a; vid. בֵּן 1. j. (ν)); appar. more general is מְרִיאֵי ב׳ Ez 39:18 (ref. to אֵילִים כָּרִים וְעַתּוּדִים פָּרִים … כֻּלָּם); once of kine (fem., fig. of luxurious and haughty women of Samaria) Am 4:1 פָּרוֹת הַבּ׳.