Lexicon :: Strong's H809 - 'ăšîšâ

אֲשִׁישָׁה
Transliteration
'ăšîšâ
Pronunciation
ash-ee-shaw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אֲשִׁישׁ (H808)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 185a

Strong’s Definitions

אֲשִׁישָׁה ʼăshîyshâh, ash-ee-shaw'; feminine of H808; something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits:—flagon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H809 in the following manner: flagon (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H809 in the following manner: flagon (4x).

  1. raisin-cake, used in sacrificial feasts

    1. consistently translated in AV as "flagon of wine"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲשִׁישָׁה ʼăshîyshâh, ash-ee-shaw'; feminine of H808; something closely pressed together, i.e. a cake of raisins or other comfits:—flagon.
STRONGS H809: Abbreviations
† אֲשִׁישָׁה noun feminine (pressed) raisin-cake — א׳ 2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3 distributed, with other viands, to people; especially as stimulating, plural אֲשִׁישׁוֺת Songs 2:5; more explicitly אֲשִׁישֵׁי עֲנָבִים Hosea 3:1 used in sacrificial feasts (compare RSOTJC Lect. xi. n. 7); אֲשִׁישֵׁי קִיר חֲרֶשֶׂת [H808 Isaiah 16:7], i.e. the raisin-cakes which were an article of trade at Qir-ḥareseth (taken by Thes and others = foundations, i.e. foundations exposed by ruin, from H808 [אָשִׁישׁ] with such a meaning).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:19

1 Chronicles

16:3

Song of Songs

2:5

Hosea

3:1