Word Study · Strong's H1706 · Hebrew
דְּבַשׁ
debash
deb-ash'
Strong's 1890 spelling: dᵉbash
“honey (from its stickiness)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
Rendered in the KJV as
honey(-comb).
- 54occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 19 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 28inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 54 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 28
- וּדְבַ֔שׁ7
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃7
- וּדְבָ֑שׁ5
- דְּבַ֣שׁ4
- וּדְבַשׁ֙3
- דְּבַ֔שׁ2
- דְּבַ֖שׁ2
- וּדְבַ֛שׁ2
- וּדְבַ֖שׁ2
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ס2
- בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃1
- דְבַשׁ֙1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- and honey31
- honey15
- more than honey3
- the honey2
- honey my1
- like honey1
- with honey1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular31
- noun · masculine singular14
- preposition + noun · masculine singular5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 31
- HNcmsa · 14
- HR/Ncmsa · 5
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 54, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy8 of 54 · 15%
- Ezekiel6 of 54 · 11%
- Exodus5 of 54 · 9%
- 1 Samuel5 of 54 · 9%
- Numbers4 of 54 · 7%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus5 occurrences
- Exodus 3:8וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularI have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.here: and honey
- Exodus 3:17וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’here: and honey
- Exodus 13:5וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.here: and honey
- Exodus 16:31בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃bidvashpreposition + noun · masculine singularNow the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.here: with honey
- Exodus 33:3וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularGo up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”here: and honey
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 2:11דְּבַ֔שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularNo grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.here: honey
- Leviticus 20:24וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularBut I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.here: and honey
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 13:27וּדְבַ֛שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!here: and honey
- Numbers 14:8וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIf the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.here: and honey
- Numbers 16:13וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIs it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?here: and honey
- Numbers 16:14וּדְבַשׁ֙udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularMoreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”here: and honey
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 6:3וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ פudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularHear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 8:8וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulara land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 11:9וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularand so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 26:9וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 26:15וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularLook down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 27:3וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWrite on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 31:20וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.here: and honey
- Deuteronomy 32:13דְבַשׁ֙devashnoun · masculine singularHe made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,here: honey
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 14:8וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWhen Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.here: and honey
- Judges 14:9הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃hadevashthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.here: the honey
- Judges 14:18מִדְּבַ֔שׁmidevashpreposition + noun · masculine singularBefore sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”here: more than honey
1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 14:25דְבַ֖שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularThen all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.here: honey
- 1 Samuel 14:26דְּבָ֑שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularAnd when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.here: honey
- 1 Samuel 14:27הַדְּבָ֑שׁhadevashthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularJonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.here: the honey
- 1 Samuel 14:29דְּבַ֥שׁdevashnoun · masculine singular“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.here: honey
- 1 Samuel 14:43דְּבַ֖שׁdevashnoun · masculine singular“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”here: honey
Job1 occurrence
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 19:10מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁmidevashpreposition + noun · masculine singularThey are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.here: more than honey
- Psalms 81:16דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularBut I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”here: honey
- Psalms 119:103מִדְּבַ֥שׁmidevashpreposition + noun · masculine singularHow sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!here: more than honey
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 16:24דְּ֭בַשׁdevashnoun · masculine singularPleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.here: honey
- Proverbs 24:13דְבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularEat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.here: honey
- Proverbs 25:16דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularIf you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.here: honey
- Proverbs 25:27דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.here: honey
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 4:11דְּבַ֤שׁdevashnoun · masculine singularYour lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.here: honey
- Song of Solomon 5:1דִּבְשִׁ֔יdivshinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.here: honey my
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:15וּדְבַ֖שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularBy the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.here: and honey
- Isaiah 7:22וּדְבַשׁ֙udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularand from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.here: and honey
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 11:5וּדְבַ֖שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThis was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.here: and honey
- Jeremiah 32:22וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: and honey
- Jeremiah 41:8וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularBut ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.here: and honey
Ezekiel6 occurrences
- Ezekiel 3:3כִּדְבַ֥שׁkidvashpreposition + noun · masculine singular“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.here: like honey
- Ezekiel 16:13וּדְבַ֛שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularSo you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.here: and honey
- Ezekiel 16:19וּדְבַשׁ֙udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.here: and honey
- Ezekiel 20:6וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularOn that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.here: and honey
- Ezekiel 20:15וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularMoreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—here: and honey
- Ezekiel 27:17וּדְבַ֤שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularJudah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.here: and honey