דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash · H1706 · Hebrew · 54 occurrences
Meanings
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honey
Sweet substance made either by bees, or from fruits such as dates, grapes or figs; much appreciated as food; associated with abundance and fertility
ExamplesGenesis 43:11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a gift, a little balsam and a little honey, labdanum resin and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
Exodus 3:8 “So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus 3:17 “So I said, I will bring you up out of the oppression of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֶהthis 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- לֶחֶםbread, food 1
- מַטְמוֹןhidden treasure 1
- מִנְחָהgrain offering, gift, tribute 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
11 occurrences in 6 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 5
- טָעַםto taste, to eat 2
- מָצָאto find 1
- נָגַשׁto come near, to bring near 1
- קָטַרto burn incense, to burn (offerings) 1
- רָדָהto rule 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָנַקto suck 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לָשׁוֹןtongue, language 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- מִןfrom 3
- בin/on/with 3
- עִםwith 2
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
28 occurrences in 8 groups
- זוּבto flow 20
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 2
- בַּקְבֻּקjug 1
- הֵלֶךְflow 1
- יַעֲרָהcomb 1
- נַחַלstream, valley, wadi 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- μέλι méli · G3192 · honey
- Greek μέλι directly translates Hebrew דְּבַשׁ wherever it denotes honey as a substance, making it the standard cross-linguistic equivalent.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dairy001003001003003
- The noun denotes honey, most famously in the recurring description of Canaan as a land flowing with milk and honey.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1706. debash דְּבַשׁ54 noun masculine1Sa 14:29 honey (named from colour according to Fl…
דְּבַשׁ54 noun masculine1Sa 14:29 honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWBi. 430; Arabic () date-honey; Late Hebrew דְּבַשׁ, Aramaic דּובשא, , , honey both of fruits and of bees; compare also Assyrian dišpu COTGloss ZimBP 84 DlPr 70) — absolute ׳ד Gen 43:11 Gen 43:33t.; דְּבָ֑שׁ Exo 3:8 Exo 3:18t.; suffix דִּבְשִׁי Son 5:1; — honey, product of bees, used as food Jdg 14:8-9, Jdg 14:18 (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock Deu 32:13 (׳ד מִסֶּלַע, in song, J E), Psalm 81:17 (ד ׳מִצּוּר); in woods, on ground 1Sa 14:25 (השׂדה עלפֿני) 1Sa 14:26 (ד ׳הֵלֶךְ; but read rather דְּבֹרוֺ הָלַךְ its bees had departed, We Dr after ᵐ5) 1Sa 14:29; 1Sa 14:43; transported in jar or bottle ד ׳בַּקְבֻּק 1Ki 14:3; contribution to priests and Levites 2Ch 31:5; || חֶמְאָה 2Sa 17:29; Isa 7:15, Isa 7:22 (in last two the being limited to such food is apparently token of destitution); kept in store Jer 41:8; a choice gift Gen 43:11 (J); article of trade Eze 27:17 (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, modern dibs, compare Di Gen 43:11 see RobBR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering Lev 2:11 (|| שְׂאֹר); honey comb = הַדּ ׳יַעְרַת 1Sa 14:27 (compare יַעְרִי Son 5:1); also ד ׳צוּף Pro 16:24 (compare צופים נֹפֶת Psa 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan וּד חָלָב זָבַת ׳אֶרֶץ Exo 3:8, Exo 3:17; Exo 13:5; Exo 33:3 (all J E) Lev 20:24 (H) Num 13:27; Num 14:8; Num 16:18, Num 16:14 (all J E) Deu 6:3; Deu 11:9; Deu 26:9, Deu 26:15; Deu 27:3; Deu 31:20 (all D) Jos 5:6 (D) Jer 11:5; Jer 32:22; Eze 20:6, Eze 20:15; compare Deu 8:8; 2Ki 18:32 (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also Eze 16:13, Eze 16:19; Job 20:17 ד ׳נַחֲלֵי וְחֶמְאָה; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Pro 24:13 (|| נֹפֶת), Pro 25:16, Pro 25:27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste Eze 3:3 (the roll), compare ׳בִּד כְּצַמִּיחִת Exo 16:31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law Psa 19:11 (|| צוּפִים נֹפֶת) compare Psa 119:103; (of pleasant words Pro 16:24 compare above); sweetness of lips ׳ד וְחָלָב Son 4:11; figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי Son 5:1 (|| חֲלָבִי יֵינִי, יַעְרִי,).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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