Bashan

[ bey-shuhn ]

noun
  1. a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River.

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How to use Bashan in a sentence

  • And of Dan he said, 'Dan is a lion's whelp; he shall leap from Bashan.'

  • The shipboards, the masts and the oars from the oaks of Bashan are mentioned.

    The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
  • Golan was situated in Bashan, in the tribe of Manasseh, among the pastoral hills north of the lake of Gennesaret.

  • Beltran the cook it was who heard and procured a great smoking torch, and sent out against them a voice like a bull of Bashan's.

    1492 | Mary Johnston
  • The building happened to have peculiarly fine acoustic properties; but the unfortunate man roared like him of Bashan.

British Dictionary definitions for Bashan

Bashan

/ (ˈbeɪʃæn) /


noun
  1. Old Testament a region to the east of the Jordan, renowned for its rich pasture (Deuteronomy 32:14)

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