H1878 דָּשֵׁן
dâshên — to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
KJV: accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.
Derived from דֶּשֶׁן deshen (the fat)
Occurs 11 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- דָּשֵׁן vb. be fat, grow fat
- Qal fig. of Isr.’s prosperity
- Pi. causat. make fat i.e. anoint, symbol of festivity and joy; of bodily effect of good news; find a burnt-offering fat = acceptable; elsewhere denom.;—take away, clear away the fat ashes (acc. of altar cleared)
- Pu. pass. of causat. Pi. be made fat, of dust saturated
- Hothp. of Yahweh’s sword:—it hath fattened itself
Where it occurs
- Exodus 27:3 — You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You…
- Numbers 4:13 — “They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.
- Deuteronomy 31:20 — For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have…
- Isaiah 34:6 — The LORD’s sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the…
- Isaiah 34:7 — The wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with…
- Psalms 20:4 — remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.
- Psalms 23:5 — You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- Proverbs 11:25 — The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
- Proverbs 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.