STRONGS NUMBER H1690


Word Summary
debelah: a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake
Original Word: דְּבֵלָה
Transliteration: debelah
Phonetic Spelling: (deb-ay-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake
Meaning: a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake
Strong's Concordance
cake lump of figs

From an unused root (akin to zabal) probably meaning to press together; a cake of pressed figs -- cake (lump) of figs.

see HEBREW zabal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1690. debelah

דְּבֵלָהnoun feminine lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (Late Hebrew דְּבֵילָה‎, Aram id., , = Greek παλάθη; Arabic lump, large gobbet or mouthful; compare Assyrian dublu, foundation, & Hebrew synonym אֲשִׁישָׁה‎ DlHA 58) — דְּבֵלָה1 Samuel 30:12; construct דְּבֶלֶת2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21; plural דְּבֵלִים1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:40; — used as food 1 Samuel 25:18; 30:12; 1 Chronicles 12:40; תְּאֵנִים דְּבֶלֶת‎, as application to boil, or eruption 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21.