Strong's Lexicon

H1690

H1690 — דְּבֵלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdbelahnoun femOccurrences: 5TWOT: 397a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1690
Word:	דְּבֵלָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from an unused root (akin to H2082) probably meaning to press together
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	dbelah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	deb-ay-law'
Meaning:	1. a cake of pressed figs
KJV Renderings:	cake (lump) of figs.

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BDB1808

דְּבֵלָה noun feminine lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (Late Hebrew דְּבֵילָה, Aram id., [untranscribed source text 1048], = Greek παλάθη; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1049] lump, large gobbet or mouthful; compare Assyrian dublu , foundation, & Hebrew synonym אֲשִׁישָׁה Dl^{HA 58}) — דְּבֵלָה 1Sam 30:12 construct דְּבֶלֶת 2Kgs 20:7 = Isa 38:21 plural דְּבֵלִים 1Sam 25:18; 1Chr 12:40 — used as food 1Sam 25:18; 1Sam 30:12; 1Chr 12:40 דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים, as application to boil, or eruption 2Kgs 20:7 = Isa 38:21.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דבלה (d’veh-lah’)

1 Samuel 25:18

KJV: Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.clusters: or, lumps

EHCC: two hundred cakes of Jigs,

1 Samuel 30:12

KJV: And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

EHCC: they gave him a piece of a cake of figs,

2 Kings 20:7

KJV: And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

EHCC: Take a lump of figs.

1 Chronicles 12:40

KJV: Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.meat…: or, victual of meal

EHCC: meat, teal, caker of fige,

Isaiah 88:21

EHCC: Let them take a hanp of' figs,