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Lexicon :: Strong's H1706 - dᵊḇaš

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דְּבַשׁ
Transliteration
dᵊḇaš
Pronunciation
deb-ash'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be gummy
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TWOT Reference: 400a

Strong’s Definitions

דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash, deb-ash'; from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup:—honey(-comb).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H1706 in the following manner: honey (52x), honeycomb (with H3295) (1x), honeycomb (with H6688) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H1706 in the following manner: honey (52x), honeycomb (with H3295) (1x), honeycomb (with H6688) (1x).

  1. honey

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash, deb-ash'; from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup:—honey(-comb).
STRONGS H1706: Abbreviations
† דְּבַשׁ 54 noun masculine1 Samuel 14:29 honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWBi. 430; Arabic bdb018503 (bdb018504) date-honey; Late Hebrew דְּבַשׁ, Aramaic דּובשא, bdb018505, bdb018506, honey both of fruits and of bees; compare also Assyrian dišpu COTGloss ZimBP 84 DlPr 70) — absolute ד׳ Genesis 43:11 33 times; דְּבָ֑שׁ Exodus 3:8 18 times; suffix דִּבְשִׁי Songs 5:1; — honey, product of bees, used as food Judges 14:8,9,18 (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock Deuteronomy 32:13 (מִסֶּלַע ד׳, in song, J E), Psalm 81:17 (מִצּוּר ד׳); in woods, on ground 1 Samuel 14:25 (עלפֿני השׂדה) 1 Samuel 14:26 (הֵלֶךְ ד׳; but read rather הָלַךְ דְּבֹרוֺ its bees had departed, We Dr after Greek Version of the LXX) 1 Samuel 14:29; 1 Samuel 14:43; transported in jar or bottle בַּקְבֻּק ד׳ 1 Kings 14:3; contribution to priests and Levites 2 Chronicles 31:5; || חֶמְאָה 2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15,22 (in last two the being limited to such food is apparently token of destitution); kept in store Jeremiah 41:8; a choice gift Genesis 43:11 (J); article of trade Ezekiel 27:17 (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, modern dibs, compare Di Genesis 43:11 see RobBR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering Leviticus 2:11 (|| שְׂאֹר); honey comb = יַעְרַת הַדּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:27 (compare יַעְרִי Songs 5:1); also צוּף ד׳ Proverbs 16:24 (compare נֹפֶת צופים Psalm 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּד׳ Exodus 3:8,17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3 (all J E) Leviticus 20:24 (H) Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:18,14 (all J E) Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 26:9,15; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 31:20 (all D) Joshua 5:6 (D) Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6,15; compare Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32 (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also Ezekiel 16:13,19; Job 20:17 וְחֶמְאָה נַחֲלֵי ד׳; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Proverbs 24:13 (|| נֹפֶת), Proverbs 25:16,27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste Ezekiel 3:3 (the roll), compare כְּצַפִּיחִת בִּד׳ Exodus 16:31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law Psalm 19:11 (|| נֹפֶת צוּפִים) compare Psalm 119:103; (of pleasant words Proverbs 16:24 compare above); sweetness of lips וְחָלָב ד׳ Songs 4:11; figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי Songs 5:1 (|| יַעְרִי, יֵינִי, חֲלָבִי).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:11; 43:11; 43:11

Exodus

3:8; 3:8; 3:17; 13:5; 16:31; 33:3

Leviticus

2:11; 20:24

Numbers

13:27; 14:8; 16:14; 16:18

Deuteronomy

6:3; 8:8; 11:9; 26:9; 26:15; 27:3; 31:20; 32:13

Joshua

5:6

Judges

14:8; 14:9; 14:18

1 Samuel

14:25; 14:26; 14:27; 14:29; 14:29; 14:43

2 Samuel

17:29

1 Kings

14:3

2 Kings

18:32

2 Chronicles

31:5

Job

20:17

Psalms

19:11; 19:11; 119:103

Proverbs

16:24; 16:24; 24:13; 25:16; 25:27

Song of Songs

4:11; 5:1; 5:1; 5:1

Isaiah

7:15; 7:22

Jeremiah

11:5; 32:22; 41:8

Ezekiel

3:3; 16:13; 16:19; 20:6; 20:15; 27:17

H1706

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Strong's Number H1706 matches the Hebrew דְּבַשׁ (dᵊḇaš),
which occurs 54 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 43:11–Eze 16:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 - And the house of Israel called its name Manna.[fn] And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - “Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - ‘No grain offering which you bring to the LORD shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven nor any honey in any offering to the LORD made by fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - ‘But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - “Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - “Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - “a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - “and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - ‘He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey”;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us, just as You swore to our fathers, “a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - “You shall write on them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’[fn] just as the LORD God of your fathers promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - “He made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD—to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - He took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they also ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down:

“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
And he said to them:

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was honey on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - But Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 - Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, and said, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. So now I must die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:3 - “Also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - ‘until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive groves and honey, that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He will not see the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:16 - He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:103

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 - How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24 - Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 - My son, eat honey because it is good,
And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16 - Have you found honey?
Eat only as much as you need,
Lest you be filled with it and vomit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:27 - It is not good to eat much honey;
So to seek one’s own glory is not glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips, O my spouse,
Drip as the honeycomb;
Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - The Beloved
I have come to my garden, my sister, my spouse;
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.

(To His Friends)
Eat, O friends!
Drink, yes, drink deeply,
O beloved ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - “Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - “that I may establish the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’[fn] as it is this day.” ’ ” And I answered and said, “So be it, LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - ‘You have given them this land, of which You swore to their fathers to give them—“a land flowing with milk and honey.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field.” So he desisted and did not kill them among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - “Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.

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