Word Study · Strong's H809 · Hebrew
אֲשִׁישָׁה
ashishah
ash-ee-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼăshîyshâh
“something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits
Rendered in the KJV as
flagon.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- אֲשִׁישֵׁ֥י1
- בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת1
- וַאֲשִׁישָׁ֖ה1
- וַאֲשִׁישָֽׁה׃1
- לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י1
How it is rendered · 4
- and a raisin-cake2
- for [the] raisin-cakes of1
- of cakes of1
- with the raisin-cakes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HRd/Ncfpa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel1 of 5 · 20%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 5 · 20%
- Song of Solomon1 of 5 · 20%
- Isaiah1 of 5 · 20%
- Hosea1 of 5 · 20%
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.