Every Name in Tanakh

בֹּשֶׁת Bosheth

Every verse in which this name stands — 1 place, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

Other nameGematria 702×1 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

By implication an idol. The name stands once in the Tanakh, at 2 Samuel 21:7.

2 Samuel 21:7שמואל ב כא:ז

וַיַּחְמֹל הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־מְפִי־בֹשֶׁת בֶּן־יְהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־שָׁאוּל עַל־שְׁבֻעַת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּֽינֹתָם בֵּין דָּוִד וּבֵין יְהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־שָׁאֽוּל

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Bosheth?

Bosheth — בשת in Hebrew — has a gematria of 702 in the standard method.

How many times is Bosheth named in the Tanakh?

1 time, first at 2 Samuel 21:7.

A spelling is not a name. The written word בשת stands 26 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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