Raisin bun
אֲשִׁישָׁהStrong’s H0809ashishah (a-shi-shah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ashishah is the Hebrew word usually translated “raisin-cake”, “raisin-cakes” and “raisin-cakes of”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.”
Meaning
- Raisin-cake, used in sacrificial feastsconsistently translated in AV as "flagon of wine"
How it's translated
- and a raisin-cake 2
- with raisin-cakes 1
- for raisin-cakes of 1
- cakes of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Isaiah 1
- Hosea 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 16:3And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
- Song of Solomon 2:5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
- Hosea 3:1Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲשִׁישָׁה ashishah · raisin bun
1) raisin-cake, used in sacrificial feasts 1a) consistently translated in AV as "flagon of wine"
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.