To prosper
דָּשֵׁןStrong’s H1878dashen (da-shen)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dashen is the Hebrew word usually translated “made fat”, “take away ashes its” and “take away ashes from”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To be fat, grow fat, become fat, become prosperous, anoint(Qal) of prosperity (fig.) · (Piel) · (Pual) to be made fat · (Hothpael) to fatten oneself (of Jehovah's sword)
How it's translated
- he will be made fat 2
- to take away ashes its 1
- and they will take away ashes from 1
- and it will grow fat 1
- may he accept 1
- you have refreshed 1
- it will be made fat 1
- it fattens 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 4
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 2
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 4:13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
- Deuteronomy 31:20For 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 20:3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
- Psalms 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- Proverbs 11:25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
- Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Hebrew dictionary
דָּשֵׁן dashen · to prosper
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 STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prosper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROS'PER, verb transitive
[Latin prospero, from prosperus, from the Gr. to carry to or toward; to bear.]
To favor; to render successful.
All definitions and other forms of “prosper”
PROS'PER, verb intransitive
To be successful; to succeed.
- “The Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand” Genesis 39:3“He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper” Proverbs 28:13
- To grow or increase; to thrive; to make gain; as, to prosper in business.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.