H1706 - דְּבַשׁ (dᵉbash)

H1706 דְּבַשׁ (dᵉbash) deb-ash'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

honey

Strong's Definition

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be gummy;

KJV Usage: honey(-comb).

TWOT Reference: 400a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) honey

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3192

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

honey

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דְּבַשׁ debash BDB Definition: 1) honey Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be gummy Same Word by TWOT Number: 400a Total KJV Occurrences: 54

Bible Occurrences (52)

43:11

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

2:11 20:24

13:27 14:8 16:13 16:14

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

5:6

14:8 14:9 14:18

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

17:29

14:3

18:32

31:5

20:17

19:10 81:16 119:103

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

7:15 7:22

11:5 32:22 41:8

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

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man — a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Exodus 3:8

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious... land, a land flowing with milk and honey—... the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17

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.

Exodus 13:5

And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites — [the land] He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey — you shall keep this service in this month.

Exodus 16:31

Now the house of Israel called [the bread]... manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked... people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.

Leviticus 2:11

No... grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn... any leaven... or honey as a food offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 20:24

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.