דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash · deb-ash'
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be gummy;
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
- honey (from its stickiness)
- by analogy, syrup
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: honey(-comb).
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy
The doorway, the way in of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּבַשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and honey29 · 54%
- honey6 · 11%
- of honey2 · 4%
- and of honey2 · 4%
- made with honey1 · 2%
- nor any honey1 · 2%
- the honey1 · 2%
- than honey1 · 2%
- and there was honey1 · 2%
- behold, the honey1 · 2%
- it in an honeycomb1 · 2%
- of this honey1 · 2%
- also than honey1 · 2%
- and with honey1 · 2%
- yea, sweeter than honey1 · 2%
- are as an honeycomb1 · 2%
- thou honey1 · 2%
- with my honey1 · 2%
- as honey1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.