Strong's Hebrew · H1878

דָּשֵׁן

dâshên · daw-shane'

accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.

Definition

to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)

Derivation

a primitive root; also denominatively (from H1880 (דֶּשֶׁן))

Appears 10 times in Scripture

Proverbs 11:25

A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

Psalms 23:5

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Isaiah 34:7

And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

Numbers 4:13

Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Psalms 20:3

May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

Exodus 27:3

Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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