דְּבַשׁdᵉbash
honey (1 Samuel 14:29; Genesis 43:11; Exodus 3:8; Song of Solomon 5:1; Judges 14:8)
Pronunciation: deb-ash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1706
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 54 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 43:11 So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can’t be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
- Exodus 3:8 So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
- Exodus 3:17 I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’
- Exodus 13:5 You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)
- Exodus 16:31 The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.
- Exodus 33:3 Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”
See every passage
- Genesis 43:11
- Exodus 3:8, 3:17, 13:5, 16:31, 33:3
- Leviticus 2:11, 20:24
- Numbers 13:27, 14:8, 16:13, 16:14
- 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, 14:43
- 2 Samuel 17:29
- 1 Kings 14:3
- 2 Kings 18:32
- 2 Chronicles 31:5
- Job 20:17
- Psalms 19:10, 81:16, 119:103
- Proverbs 16:24, 24:13, 25:16, 25:27
- Song of Solomon 4:11, 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
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).