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Besht

Besht is the abbreviation of Baal-Shem-Tov.

Meaning of Baal-Shem-Tov

Proper noun

Baal-Shem-Tov

  1. Israel ben Eliezer, founder of the modern Hassidic movement of Judaism.
    Synonyms:
    the Besht

Words formed from Besht

Questions about Besht

What is Besht the abbreviation of?
Besht is the abbreviation of Baal-Shem-Tov.

Words near Besht in the dictionary

  1. beshrews
  2. beshroud
  3. beshrouded
  4. beshrouding
  5. beshrouds
  6. Besht
  7. Beshtian
  8. beshut
  9. Besicovitch
  10. Besicovitch set
  11. Besicovitch sets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Besht (page history and authors); Baal-Shem-Tov (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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