HebrewH1706Noun (Masculine)

דְּבַשׁ

de.vash

52Occurrences
H1706Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

from an unused root meaning to be gummy;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
honey

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

דְּבַשׁ appears 52 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
8
Ezk
6
1 Samuel
5
Exodus
5
Numbers
4
Proverbs
4
Judges
3
Jeremiah
3

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:3BSB

Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”

Deuteronomy 26:9BSB

And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:17BSB

And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

Isaiah 7:22BSB

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Leviticus 20:24BSB

But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.