Strong's Lexicon

H1880

H1880 — דֶּשֶׁן

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

Hebrewdeshennoun mascOccurrences: 15TWOT: 457a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1880
Word:דֶּשֶׁן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1878
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:15
Transliteration:deshen
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:deh'-shen
Meaning:1. the fat 2. abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance 3. specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices
KJV Renderings:ashes, fatness.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2029

דֶּ֫שֶׁן noun masculine fatness, fat ashes — absolute ׳ ד Ps 63:6 + 8 t., דָּ֑שֶׁן Lev 1:16 + 3 t.; construct דֶּשֶׁן Ps 36:9 suffix דִּשְׁנִי Judg 9:9

1. fatness, abundance, luxuriance, oil, Judg 9:9 (of olive tree); abundance, fertility Ps 63:6 (in simile || חֵלֶב ), Ps 65:12, of food and drink, Job 36:16; Jer 31:14 passing over into figurative of spiritual blessing Ps 36:9 ( ביתך ׳ ד), Isa 55:2.
2. fat ashes, i.e. ashes of victims, mixed with the fat Lev 1:16; Lev 4:12 (twice in verse); Lev 6:3; Lev 6:4 (all P ) Jer 31:40; 1Kgs 13:3; 1Kgs 13:5.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דשן (deh’-shen)

Isaiah 65:2

KJV: I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
EHCC: let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Jeremiah 31:14

KJV: And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
EHCC: satiate the soul of the priests with fatness 0
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