Bashemath

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bashemath
     sweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's
     three wives (Gen. 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes
     of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Gen. 28:9).
     It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names
     in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Gen. 36) from those


     given to them in the history (Gen. 26:34; 28:9).
     
       (2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his
     officers (1 Kings 4:15).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Bashemath, perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation