Strong H1878דָּשֵׁן

to prosper

Transliteration: dâshên
Pronunciation: daw-shane'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to be fat; transitively to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively to satisfy; denominatively (from H1880) to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices): - {accept} {anoint} take away the (receive) ashes ({from}) make (wax) fat.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to prosper

Exact lexical definition: be fat

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: 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

In the Bible

Strong H1878 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

make5
accept1
fat1
maketh1
receive1
take1
thou1
waxen1

First verses

Exodus 27:3
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Numbers 4:13
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Deuteronomy 31:20
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Psalms 20:3
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Psalms 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
Isaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

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