Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H1706

Strong's H1706 · Hebrew

דְּבַשׁ

dᵉbash · /deb-ash'/

Number
H1706
Language
Hebrew
Original word
דְּבַשׁ
Transliteration
dᵉbash
Pronunciation
deb-ash'
KJV occurrences
35 verses

Definition

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

KJV: honey(-comb).

Root / derivation: from an unused root meaning to be gummy;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered דְּבַשׁ across 35 verses.

honey35×

Every occurrence (KJV)

35 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis1 verse
Exodus5 verses
Exodus 3:8

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 13:5

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Exodus 33:3

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

Leviticus2 verses
Deuteronomy8 verses
Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 8:8

A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; of oil: Heb. of olive tree of oil

Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:9

And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 27:3

And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Joshua1 verse
Judges3 verses
1 Samuel4 verses
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Kings1 verse
2 Kings1 verse
2 Chronicles1 verse
Job1 verse
Psalms3 verses
Proverbs3 verses

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H1706 (dᵉbash) mean?

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

How many times does H1706 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H1706 (דְּבַשׁ) appears in 35 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “honey.”

How is dᵉbash translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H1706 is rendered as “honey” (35×).

Where does the Hebrew word דְּבַשׁ come from?

from an unused root meaning to be gummy;