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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #1880 - דֶּשֶׁן
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2115) nsd (דסהנ DShN) AC: ? CO: Fat AB: ?: The fat of an animal as well as the fat ashes, the ashes and fat of a burnt sacrifice mixed together.
V) nsd (דסהנ DShN) - Fat: To make something fat. Also the removal of the fat ashes from the alter. KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel) fat, ash, anoint, accept - Strongs: H1878 (דָּשֵׁן)
Nm) nsd (דסהנ DShN) - Fat: KJV (18): fat, fatness, ash - Strongs: H1879 (דָּשֵׁן), H1880 (דֶּשֶׁן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
דֶּשֶׁן m. with suff. דִּשְׁנִי
(1) fatness, Judges 9:9, meton. used of fat and sumptuous food, Job 36:16; Isaiah 55:2; Jeremiah 31:14 fertility, abundance, Psal. 65:12.
(2) ashes, as fat ashes from the victims burned on the altar (Leviticus 1:16, 4:12 6:3, 1 Kings 13:3), and from corpses burned on a funeral pile (Jeremiah 31:40), Fettafche. It differs as to use, from אֵפֶר which see. Ashes were also used by the ancients for fattening, manuring the fields. See Plin. xvii. 9.
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20