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Lexicon :: Strong's H809 - 'ăšîšâ

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אֲשִׁישָׁה
Transliteration
'ăšîšâ
Pronunciation
ash-ee-shaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 185a

Strong’s Definitions

אֲשִׁישָׁה ʼăshîyshâh, ash-ee-shaw'; feminine of H808; something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits:—flagon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H809 in the following manner: flagon (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H809 in the following manner: flagon (4x).

  1. raisin-cake, used in sacrificial feasts

    1. consistently translated in AV as "flagon of wine"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲשִׁישָׁה ʼăshîyshâh, ash-ee-shaw'; feminine of H808; something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits:—flagon.
STRONGS H809: Abbreviations
† אֲשִׁישָׁה noun feminine (pressed) raisin-cake — א׳ 2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3 distributed, with other viands, to people; especially as stimulating, plural אֲשִׁישׁוֺת Songs 2:5; more explicitly אֲשִׁישֵׁי עֲנָבִים Hosea 3:1 used in sacrificial feasts (compare RSOTJC Lect. xi. n. 7); אֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת [H808 Isaiah 16:7], i.e. the raisin-cakes which were an article of trade at Qir-ḥareseth (taken by Thes and others = foundations, i.e. foundations exposed by ruin, from H808 [אָשִׁישׁ] with such a meaning).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:19

1 Chronicles

16:3

Song of Songs

2:5

Hosea

3:1

H809

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Strong's Number H809 matches the Hebrew אֲשִׁישָׁה ('ăšîšâ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat,[fn] and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:3 - and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat,[fn] and a cake of raisins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 - Sustain me with raisins;
refresh me with apples,
for I am sick with love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - And the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”
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