Lexical Definition

‎דֶּשֶׁן‎ deshen (deh'-shen) ashes ^H:N-M
from ‎דָּשֵׁן‎

ashes, fatness.

• the fat
• abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance
• specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices

1) fat ashes, fatness
1a) fatness
1a1) of fertility
1a2) of blessing (fig.)
1b) fat ashes (ashes of victims, mixed with the fat)

See Greek: ἀγαθός · πιότης · σποδός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דֶּ֫שֶׁן‎ noun masculine fatness, fat ashes — absolute ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 63:6* + 8 t., ‎דָּ֑שֶׁן‎ Lev 1:16 + 3 t.; construct ‎דֶּשֶׁן‎ Ps 36:9* suffix ‎דִּשְׁנִי‎ Judg 9:9 —

1. fatness, abundance, luxuriance, oil, Judg 9:9 (of olive tree); abundance, fertility Ps 63:6* (in simile || ‎חֵלֶב‎), Ps 65:12*, of food and drink, Job 36:16; Jer 31:14 passing over into figurative of spiritual blessing Ps 36:9* (‎ביתך‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎), Isa 55:2.

2. fat ashes, i.e. ashes of victims, mixed with the fat Lev 1:16; Lev 4:12 (twice in verse); Lev 6:3*; Lev 6:4* (all P) Jer 31:40; 1Kgs 13:3; 1Kgs 13:5.

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