דֶּשֶׁן
deshen · deh'-shen
the fat; abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance; specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1878 (דָּשֵׁן);
the fat; abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance; specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices
- the fat
- abstractly, fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance
- specifically, the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ashes, fatness.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
The doorway, the way in that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דֶּשֶׁן 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the ashes3 · 20%
- and the ashes2 · 13%
- of the ashes1 · 7%
- where the ashes1 · 7%
- my fatness1 · 7%
- of fatness1 · 7%
- with the fatness1 · 7%
- and fatness1 · 7%
- fatness1 · 7%
- itself in fatness1 · 7%
- with fatness1 · 7%
- and of the ashes1 · 7%
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.