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Strong's H1706 דְּבַשׁ (debash)

dbash - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1706 — empipto (“fall on”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1706
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 54
Books 19

Strong's H1706 Quick Answer

Strong's H1706 דְּבַשׁ (dbash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. dbash (deb-ash') n-m. 1. honey (from its stickiness) 2. by analogy, syrup It has 54 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include honey. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
dbash (deb-ash') n-m. 1. honey (from its stickiness) 2. by analogy, syrup
Usage
54 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
honey

Meaning and Definition

dbash (deb-ash') n-m. 1. honey (from its stickiness) 2. by analogy, syrup [from an unused root meaning to be gummy] KJV: honey(-comb).

Original Word
דְּבַשׁ
Transliteration
dbash
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1706. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H1706 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dbash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

honey Genesis 43:11 52×

How Strong's H1706 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 54 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1706 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1706 in the Old Testament

54 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 43:11 KJV

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Exodus 3:8 KJV

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 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 54 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1706.

Genesis 43:11 Old Testament, KJV
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Exodus 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Leviticus 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
Leviticus 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Numbers 13:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Numbers 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Numbers 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Numbers 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Deuteronomy 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Deuteronomy 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Joshua 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Judges 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
1 Samuel 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
1 Samuel 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
1 Samuel 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
1 Samuel 14:29 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Samuel 14:43 Old Testament, KJV
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
2 Samuel 17:29 Old Testament, KJV
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
1 Kings 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
2 Kings 18:32 Old Testament, KJV
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
2 Chronicles 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
Job 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Psalms 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms 81:16 Old Testament, KJV
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Psalms 119:103 Old Testament, KJV
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 16:24 Old Testament, KJV
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Proverbs 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:27 Old Testament, KJV
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Song of Solomon 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Isaiah 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Jeremiah 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Jeremiah 32:22 Old Testament, KJV
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Jeremiah 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Ezekiel 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
Ezekiel 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Ezekiel 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Ezekiel 20:15 Old Testament, KJV
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Ezekiel 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1706, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H1706 FAQ

What does debash (דְּבַשׁ) mean?

Strong's H1706 is a Hebrew entry for H1706 דְּבַשׁ (dbash). dbash (deb-ash') n-m. 1. honey (from its stickiness) 2. by analogy, syrup

How many times is debash (דְּבַשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 54 linked usages for Strong's H1706 across 19 books.

Where can I study debash (דְּבַשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1706 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate debash (דְּבַשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as honey. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.