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Lexicon :: Strong's H1706 - dᵊḇaš

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 -

Then their father H1 Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “If H518 it must be so H3651, then H645 do H6213 this H2088: take H3947 some H4480 of the best H2173 products H2173 of the land H776 in your [fn]bags H3627, and carry H3381 down H3381 to the man H376 as a gift H4503, a little H4592 balsam H6875 and a little H4592 honey H1706, labdanum H5219 resin H5219 and [fn]myrrh H3910, pistachio H992 nuts H992 and almonds H8247.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come H3381 down H3381 to rescue H5337 them from the [fn]power H3027 of the Egyptians H4714, and to bring H5927 them up H5927 from that land H776 to a good H2896 and spacious H7342 land H776, to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, to the place H4725 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “So I said H559, I will bring H5927 you up H5927 out of the oppression H6040 of Egypt H4714 to the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Perizzite H6522, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be when H3588 the LORD H3068 brings H935 you to the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, which H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 you, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, that you shall [fn]perform H5647 this H2088 rite H5656 in this H2088 month H2320.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 -

And the house H1004 of Israel H3478 named H7121 H8034 the bread [fn]manna H4478, and it was like coriander H1407 seed H2233, white H3836, and its taste H2940 was like wafers H6838 with honey H1706.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706; for I will not go H5927 up H5927 in your midst H7130, because H3588 you are [fn]an obstinate H7186 H6203 people H5971, and I might H6435 destroy H3615 you on the way H1870.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 -

‘No H3605 H3808 grain offering H4503, which H834 you bring H7126 to the LORD H3068, shall be made H6213 with leaven H2557, for you shall not offer H6999 [fn]up H6999 in H6999 smoke H6999 any H3605 leaven H7603 or any H3605 honey H1706 as an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - ‘So I have said H559 to you, “You are to take H3423 possession H3423 of their land H127, and I Myself H589 will give H5414 it to you to possess H3423, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.” I am the LORD H3068 your God H430, who H834 has singled H914 you out H914 from the peoples H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - So they reported H5608 to him and said H559, “We came H935 into the land H776 where H834 you sent H7971 us, and it certainly H1571 does flow H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, and this H2088 is its fruit H6529.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If H518 the LORD H3068 is pleased H2654 with us, then He will bring H935 us into this H2088 land H776 and give H5414 it to us—a land H776 which H834 flows H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - “Is it [fn]not enough H4592 that you have brought H5927 us up H5927 out of a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 to have us die H4191 in the wilderness H4057, but you would also H1571 appoint H8323 yourself as H8323 master H8323 over H5921 us?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - “Indeed H637, you have not brought H935 us into a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, nor H3808 have you given H5414 us an inheritance H5159 of fields H7704 and vineyards H3754. Would you gouge H5365 out H5365 the eyes H5869 of [fn]these H1992 men H376? We will not come H5927 up H5927!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Now Israel H3478, you shall listen H8085 and be H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 them, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you and that you may increase H7235 greatly H3966, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of your fathers H1, has [fn]promised H1696 you, in a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - a land H776 of wheat H2406 and barley H8184, of vines H1612, fig H8384 trees H8384, and pomegranates H7416, a land H776 of olive H2132 oil H8081 and honey H1706;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - and so H4616 that H4616 you may prolong H748 your days H3117 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 to them and to their [fn]descendants H2233, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - and He has brought H935 us to this H2088 place H4725, and has given H5414 us this H2088 land H776, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look H8259 down H8259 from Your holy H6944 dwelling H4583 place H4583, from heaven H8064, and bless H1288 Your people H5971 Israel H3478, and the ground H127 which H834 You have given H5414 us, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706 just H834 as H834 You swore H7650 to our fathers H1.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - and write H3789 on them all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2088 Law H8451, when you cross H5674 over H5674, so H4616 that H4616 you may enter H935 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of your fathers H1, [fn]promised H1696 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring H935 them into the land H127 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, which H834 I swore H7650 to their fathers H1, and they eat H398 and are H7646 satisfied H7646 and become H1878 [fn]prosperous H1878, then they will turn H6437 to other H312 gods H430 and serve H5647 them, and spurn H5006 Me and break H6565 My covenant H1285.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 -

“He had him ride H7392 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth H776,

And he ate H398 the produce H8570 of the field H7704;

And He had him suck H3243 honey H1706 from the rock H5553,

And [fn]oil H8081 from the flinty H2496 rock H6697,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness H4057, until H5704 all H3605 the nation H1471, that is, the men H376 of war H4421 who came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714, [fn]perished H8552 because H834 they did not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068, to whom H834 the LORD H3068 had sworn H7650 that He would not let them see H7200 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 had sworn H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 us, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - When he returned H7725 later H4480 H3117 to take H3947 her, he turned H5493 aside H5493 to look H7200 at the carcass H4658 of the lion H738; and behold H2009, a swarm H5712 of bees H1682 and honey H1706 were in the body H1472 of the lion H738.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - So he took H7287 out H7287 [fn]the honey on his [fn]hands H3709 and went H1980 on, eating H398 as he went H1980. When he came H1980 to his father H1 and mother H517, he gave H5414 some to them and they ate H398 it; but he did not tell H5046 them that he had taken H7287 the honey H1706 out H7287 of the body H1472 of the lion H738.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,

“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?

And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”

And he said H559 to them,

“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer H5697,

You would not have found H4672 out H4672 my riddle H2420.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - All H3605 the people of the land H776 entered H935 the forest H3293, and there was honey H1706 on the ground H6440 H7704.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the people H5971 entered H935 the forest H3293, behold H2009, there was honey H1706 dripping H1982; but no H369 man put H5381 his hand H3027 to his mouth H6310, because H3588 the people H5971 feared H3372 the oath H7621.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - However, Jonathan H3083 had not heard H8085 it when his father H1 put H7650 the people H5971 under H7650 oath H7650; so he put H7971 out H7971 the end H7097 of the staff H4294 that was in his hand H3027 and dipped H2881 it in the honeycomb H3295 H1706, and put H7725 his hand H3027 to his mouth H6310, and his eyes H5869 [fn]brightened H215.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - Then Jonathan H3083 said H559, “My father H1 has troubled H5916 the land H776. See H7200 now H4994 that my eyes H5869 have brightened H215 because H3588 I tasted H2938 a little H4592 of this H2088 honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 -

So Saul H7586 said H559 to Jonathan H3083, “Tell H5046 me what H4100 you have done H6213.” And Jonathan H3083 told H5046 him, and said H559, “I did indeed H2938 taste H2938 a little H4592 honey H1706 with the end H7097 of the staff H4294 that was in my hand H3027. Here H2009 I am, I must die H4191!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey H1706, curds H2529, sheep H6629, and cheese H8194 of the herd H1241, for David H1732 and the people H5971 who H834 were with him, to eat H398. For they said H559, “The people H5971 are hungry H7457 and exhausted H5889 and thirsty H6771 in the wilderness H4057.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:3 - “Take H3947 ten H6235 loaves H3899 with you, some pastries H5350, and a jar H1228 of honey H1706, and go H935 to him. He will tell H5046 you what H4100 will happen H1961 to the boy H5288.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until H5704 I come H935 and take H3947 you to a land H776 like your own land H776, a land H776 of grain H1715 and new H8492 wine H8492, a land H776 of bread H3899 and vineyards H3754, a land H776 of olive H2132 trees H2132 producing oil H3323, and of honey H1706, so that you will live H2421 and not die H4191.” But do not listen H8085 to Hezekiah H2396, because H3588 he misleads H5496 you by saying H559, “The LORD H3068 will save H5337 us.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the [fn]order H1697 spread H6555, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 abundantly H7235 provided H7235 the first H7225 fruits H7225 of grain H1715, new H8492 wine H8492, oil H3323, honey H1706, and of all H3605 the produce H8393 of the field H7704; and they brought H935 in H935 abundantly H7230 the tithe H4643 of everything H3605.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 -

“He does not look H7200 at the streams H6390,

The rivers H5104 flowing H5158 with honey H1706 and curds H2529.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 -

They are more H4480 desirable H2530 than H4480 gold H2091, yes, than H4480 much H7227 pure H6337 gold H6337;

Sweeter H4966 also than H4480 honey H1706 and drippings H5317 of the honeycomb H6688.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:16 -

[fn]But I would feed H398 you with the [fn]finest H2459 of the wheat H2406,

And with honey H1706 from the rock H6697 I would satisfy H7646 you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 -

How H4100 sweet H4452 are Your [fn]words H565 to my [fn]taste H2441!

Yes, sweeter than H4480 honey H1706 to my mouth H6310!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24 -

Pleasant H5278 words H561 are a honeycomb H1706 H6688,

Sweet H4966 to the soul H5315 and healing H4832 to the bones H6106.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 -

My son H1121, eat H398 honey H1706, for it is good H2896;

Yes, the honey H5317 from H5317 the H5317 comb H5317 is sweet H4966 to your taste H2441;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16 -

Have you found H4672 honey H1706? Eat H398 only [fn]what H1767 you need H1767,

So H6435 that H6435 you do not H6435 have H7646 it in excess H7646 and vomit H6958 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:27 -

It is not good H2896 to eat H398 much H7235 honey H1706,

Nor H3808 is it glory H3519 to search H2714 out H2714 [fn]one’s own glory H3519.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 -

“Your lips H8193 drip H5197 honey H5317, my bride H3618;

Honey H1706 and milk H2461 are under H8478 your tongue H3956,

And the fragrance H7381 of your garments H8008 is like the fragrance H7381 of Lebanon H3844.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -

The Groom

“I have come H935 into my garden H1588, my sister H269, my bride H3618;

I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 along H5973 with H5973 my balsam H1314.

I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 with my honey H1706;

I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 with my milk H2461.

Eat H398, friends H7453;

Drink H8354 and [fn]drink H7937 deeply H7937, lovers H1730.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - “He will eat H398 [fn]curds H2529 and honey H1706 [fn]at the time He knows H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - and because H4480 of the abundance H7230 of the milk H2461 produced H6213 he will eat H398 [fn]curds H2529, for everyone H3605 who is left H3498 within H7130 the land H776 will eat H398 [fn]curds H2529 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 confirm H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I swore H7650 to your forefathers H1, to give H5414 them a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, as it is this H2088 day H3117.”’” Then I replied H6030 H559, “Amen H543, LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - and You gave H5414 them this H2088 land H776, which H834 You swore H7650 to their forefathers H1 to give H5414 them, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten H6235 men H376 who were found H4672 among them said H559 to Ishmael H3458, “Do not put H4191 us to H4191 death H4191, for we have H3426 supplies H4301 of wheat H2406, barley H8184, oil H8081, and honey H1706 hidden H4301 in the field H7704.” So he refrained H2308 and did not put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 along H8432 with their companions H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - And He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man H120, feed H398 your stomach H990 and fill H4390 your [fn]body H4578 with this H2088 scroll H4039 which H834 I am giving H5414 you.” Then I ate H398 it, and it was as sweet H4966 as honey H1706 in my mouth H6310.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - “So you were adorned H5710 with gold H2091 and silver H3701, and your dress H4403 was of fine H8336 linen H8336, silk H4897, and colorfully H7553 woven H7553 cloth H7553. You ate H398 fine H5560 flour H5560, honey H1706, and oil H8081; so you were H3302 exceedingly H3966 beautiful H3302 and advanced H6743 to royalty H4410.

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