אֲשִׁישָׁהʼăshîyshâh
raisin-cake (2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3; Song of Solomon 2:5; Hosea 3:1; Isaiah 16:7)
Pronunciation: ash-ee-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H809
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 6:19 Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.
- 1 Chronicles 16:3 Then he gave to every man and woman in all Israel a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins.
- Song of Solomon 2:5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love.
- Isaiah 16:7 The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, everyone in Moab mourns for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth. They are all gone now.
- Hosea 3:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the Lord still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.”
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).