Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1706
דְּבַשׁ
debashdeb-ash'
honey
54 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dᵉbash
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1706is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 19 of 39Old Testament books
- 28spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1706
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
The King James renders it: honey(-comb).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
debash is rendered "honey". It stands 54 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.
The first use
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Genesis 43:11דְּבַ֔שׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nineteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and honey31
- honey15
- more than honey3
- the honey2
- honey my1
- like honey1
- with honey1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 54, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
28 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּדְבַ֔שׁ7
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃7
- וּדְבָ֑שׁ5
- דְּבַ֣שׁ4
- וּדְבַשׁ֙3
- דְּבַ֔שׁ2
- דְּבַ֖שׁ2
- וּדְבַ֛שׁ2
- וּדְבַ֖שׁ2
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ס2
- בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃1
- דְבַשׁ֙1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular31HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular14HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular5HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
Genesis
one use
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
- דְּבַ֔שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
Exodus
five uses
I 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.
- וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
And 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.’
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
And 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.
- וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
- בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃bidvashpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with honey
Go 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.”
- וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Leviticus
two uses
No 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.
- דְּבַ֔שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
But 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.
- וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Numbers
four uses
And 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!
- וּדְבַ֛שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
If 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.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Is 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?
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Moreover, 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!”
- וּדְבַשׁ֙udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Deuteronomy
eight uses
Hear, 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.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ פudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
and 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.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Look 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.”
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Write 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.
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
When 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.
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
He 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,
- דְבַשׁ֙devashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
Joshua
one use
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Judges
three uses
When 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.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
So 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.
- הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃hadevashthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the honey
Before 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!”
- מִדְּבַ֔שׁmidevashpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than honey
1 Samuel
five uses
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
- דְבַ֖שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
And 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.
- דְּבָ֑שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
Jonathan, 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.
- הַדְּבָ֑שׁhadevashthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the honey
“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.
- דְּבַ֥שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
“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?”
- דְּבַ֖שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
2 Samuel
one use
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- וּדְבַ֣שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
1 Kings
one use
Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
- דְּבַ֖שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
2 Kings
one use
until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
2 Chronicles
one use
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Job
one use
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
- דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
Psalms
three uses
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁmidevashpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than honey
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
- מִדְּבַ֥שׁmidevashpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than honey
Proverbs
four uses
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- דְּ֭בַשׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- דְבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
- דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- דְּבַ֣שׁdevashnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: honey
Song of Solomon
two uses
Your 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.
- דְּבַ֤שׁdevashnoun · masculine singulartagged: honey
I 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.
- דִּבְשִׁ֔יdivshinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: honey my
Isaiah
two uses
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- וּדְבַ֖שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- וּדְבַשׁ֙udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Jeremiah
three uses
This 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.
- וּדְבַ֖שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- וּדְבָֽשׁ׃udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
But 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.
- וּדְבָ֑שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Ezekiel
six uses
“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.
- כִּדְבַ֥שׁkidvashpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like honey
So 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.
- וּדְבַ֛שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
And 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.
- וּדְבַשׁ֙udevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
On 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.
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Moreover, 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—
- וּדְבַ֔שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
- וּדְבַ֤שׁudevashconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and honey
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.