STRONGS NUMBER H1706

H1706. debash

דְּבַשׁ‎₅₄ noun masculine^{1 Samuel 14:29} honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWB^{i. 430}; Arabic () date-honey; Late Hebrew דְּבַשׁ‎, Aramaic דּובשא‎, , , honey both of fruits and of bees; compare also Assyrian dišpu COT^Gloss Zim^{BP 84} Dl^{Pr 70}) — absolute ׳ד‎ Genesis 43:11 33t.; דְּבָ֑שׁ‎ Exodus 3:8 18t.; suffix דִּבְשִׁי‎ Song of Solomon 5:1; — honey, product of bees, used as food Judges 14:8-9, 18 (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock Deuteronomy 32:13 (׳ד מִסֶּלַע‎, in song, J E), Psalm 81:17 (ד ׳מִצּוּר‎); in woods, on ground 1 Samuel 14:25 (השׂדה עלפֿני‎) 14:26 (ד ׳הֵלֶךְ‎; but read rather דְּבֹרוֺ הָלַךְ‎ its bees had departed, We Dr after ᵐ5‎) 14:29; 14:43; transported in jar or bottle ד ׳בַּקְבֻּק‎ 1 Kings 14:3; contribution to priests and Levites 2 Chronicles 31:5; "" חֶמְאָה‎ 2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15, 22 (in last two the being limited to such food is apparently token of destitution); kept in store Jeremiah 41:8; a choice gift Genesis 43:11 (J); article of trade Ezekiel 27:17 (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, modern dibs, compare Di Genesis 43:11 see Rob^{BR ii. 81}); forbidden as burnt offering Leviticus 2:11 ("" שְׂאֹר‎); honey comb = הַדּ ׳יַעְרַת‎ 1 Samuel 14:27 (compare יַעְרִי‎ Song of Solomon 5:1); also ד ׳צוּף‎ Proverbs 16:24 (compare צופים נֹפֶת‎ Psalm 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan וּד חָלָב זָבַת ׳אֶרֶץ‎ Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3 (all J E) Leviticus 20:24 (H) Numbers 13:27; 14:8; 16:18, 14 (all J E) Deuteronomy 6:3; 11:9; 26:9, 15; 27:3; 31:20 (all D) Joshua 5:6 (D) Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15; compare Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32 (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also Ezekiel 16:13, 19; Job 20:17 ד ׳נַחֲלֵי וְחֶמְאָה‎; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Proverbs 24:13 ("" נֹפֶת‎), 25:16, 27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste Ezekiel 3:3 (the roll), compare ׳בִּד כְּצַמִּיחִת‎ Exodus 16:31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law Psalm 19:11 ("" צוּפִים נֹפֶת‎) compare 119:103; (of pleasant words Proverbs 16:24 compare above); sweetness of lips ׳ד וְחָלָב‎ Song of Solomon 4:11; figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי‎ 5:1 ("" חֲלָבִי יֵינִי, יַעְרִי,‎).