דָּשֵׁן
da.shen
“to prosper”
Definition
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
a primitive root; also denominatively (from H1880 (דֶּשֶׁן))
- to be fat, grow fat, become fat, become prosperous, anoint 1a) (Qal) of prosperity (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make fat, anoint 1b2) to find fat (of offering-acceptable) 1b3) to take away ashes (from altar) 1c) (Pual) to be made fat 1d) (Hothpael) to fatten oneself (of Jehovah's sword)
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Occurrences
דָּשֵׁן appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood.It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats,with the fat of the kidneys of rams.For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,
The slacker craves yet has nothing,but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
A greedy man stirs up strife,but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
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