דֶּשֶׁן deshen
Hebrew word for “ashes” · Strong’s H1880 · used 15 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) fat ashes, fatness; 1a) fatness; 1a1) of fertility; 1a2) of blessing (fig.); 1b) fat ashes (ashes of victims, mixed with the fat)
How it is translated
Glosses given for deshen in context, with how often each is used:
- fatty ash 8
- fatness 7
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 6 (2), 1 Kings 13 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), Leviticus 1 (1), Leviticus 4 (1), Judges 9 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 36 (1), Psalms 63 (1), Psalms 65 (1)
Forms
- הדשׁן 7
- דשׁן 3
- דשׁני 1
- מדשׁן 1
- ודשׁן 1
- בדשׁן 1
- והדשׁן 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with deshen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 4
- רָוָה ravah “to quench” 2
- מוֹפֵת mophet “wonder” 2
- מָקוֹם maqom “place” 3
- אֵצֶל etsel “beside” 2
- קָרַע qara “to tear” 2
- טָהוֹר tahor “pure” 2
- שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 2
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 2
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
- נַחַל nachal “torrent” 2
Key verses
The verses using deshen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 4:12 — Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the…
- Leviticus 6:10 — And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the…
- Judges 9:9 — But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- 1 Kings 13:3 — And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be…
- 1 Kings 13:5 — The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
- Job 36:16 — Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full…
- Psalms 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
- Psalms 63:5 — My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Psalms 65:11 — Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
- Isaiah 55:2 — Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is…
- Jeremiah 31:14 — And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:40 — And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east,…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.