Bashan

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biblical region historical region

Bashan is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, renowned in biblical texts for its fertile lands, strong cities, and mighty cattle.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bashan canonical 6
territory of Bashan 1
בָּשָׁן (Bashan) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
agriculturalReputation excellent grazing land ⓘ
high productivity ⓘ
ancientNameLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
appearsIn Amos 4:1 ⓘ
Deuteronomy 3 ⓘ
Numbers 21 ⓘ
Psalm 22:12 ⓘ
associatedWith Og king of Bashan ⓘ
surface form: King Og of Bashan

Rephaim ⓘ
biblicalBookMention Amos ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
surface form: Deuteronomy

Ezekiel ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ
Numbers ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
borderedBy Gilead ⓘ
Hauran ⓘ
Mount Hermon ⓘ
cityLocatedIn Ashtaroth ⓘ
Edrei ⓘ
Golan Heights ⓘ
surface form: Golan

Salecah ⓘ
conqueredBy Israelites ⓘ
conqueredUnder Moses ⓘ
describedAs fertile land ⓘ
describedInBibleAs land of giants (Rephaim) ⓘ
HebrewName Bashan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: בָּשָׁן (Bashan)
integratedInto Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel (northern kingdom)
knownFor mighty cattle ⓘ
oak trees ⓘ
strong cities ⓘ
knownInBiblicalPoetryFor fat cattle ⓘ
rich pastures ⓘ
languageContext Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic cultural sphere
laterIdentifiedWith Golan Heights ⓘ
surface form: Golan Heights region

Hauran plateau ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: ancient Near East
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
politicalStatusInBiblicalTimes kingdom under Og ⓘ
religiousSignificance symbol of strength in biblical literature ⓘ
symbolicUseInBible metaphor for power ⓘ
metaphor for prosperity ⓘ
terrainCharacter volcanic plateau ⓘ
well-watered region ⓘ
tribalAllocationTo half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan ⓘ
Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
surface form: tribe of Manasseh

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transjordanian territories of Israel → subregion → Bashan ⓘ
Gilead → borderedBy → Bashan ⓘ
Tribe of Manasseh → territoryIncluded → Bashan ⓘ
Gaulanitis → hasBiblicalConnection → Bashan ⓘ
this entity surface form: territory of Bashan
southern Syria → historicalRegionOverlap → Bashan ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Syria
Og king of Bashan → reignOver → Bashan ⓘ
subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan
Og king of Bashan → kingdomRegion → Bashan ⓘ
subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan
Bashan → HebrewName → Bashan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: בָּשָׁן (Bashan)