Dashen דָּשֵׁן

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Dashen
דָּשֵׁן
Transliterationdashen
Strong's numberH1878
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto prosper
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent inProverbs (4)

Dashen (Hebrew דָּשֵׁן, Strong's H1878) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to prosper”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to be fat, grow fat, become fat, become prosperous, anoint
1a) (Qal) of prosperity (fig.)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make fat, anoint
1b2) to find fat (of offering-acceptable)
1b3) to take away ashes (from altar)
1c) (Pual) to be made fat
1d) (Hothpael) to fatten oneself (of Jehovah's sword)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfat (7), ashes (2), accept (1), anointest (1), maketh (1)
BSBwill prosper (2), removing ashes (1), they shall remove the ashes (1), prosper (1), look favorably (1), you anoint (1), is fully satisfied (1), nourishes (1), it drips (1), will be soaked (1)

Verses

Every verse with Dashen, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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