אָבַסʼâbaç
feed, fatten
Pronunciation: aw-bas' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H75
Meanings
Qal: fattened (Proverbs 15:17; 1 Kings 5:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 4:23 also 10 oxen from the fattening pens, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep or goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roe deer, and choice poultry.
- Proverbs 15:17 A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate.
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).