Fat
דָּשֵׁןStrong’s H1879dashen (da-shen)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dashen is the Hebrew word usually translated “fat” and “fat of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.”
Meaning
- Fat
- Vigorous, stalwart ones
How it's translated
- fat 2
- fat of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- Isaiah 30:23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Hebrew dictionary
דָּשֵׁן dashen · fat
adj 1) fat subst 2) vigorous, stalwart ones
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FAT, adjective
- Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
- Coarse; gross.
- Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.“Make the heart of this people fat” Isaiah 6:10
- Rich; wealthy; affluent.
All definitions and other forms of “fat”
- Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
- Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
- Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.“They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing” Psalms 92:14
FAT, noun
- An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies.
- The best or richest part of a thing.“Abel brought of the fat of his flock” Genesis 4:4
FAT, verb transitive
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
FAT, verb intransitive
To grow fat plump and fleshy.
- “The fats shall overflow with wine and oil” Joel 2:24
FAT, noun
A measure of capacity, but indefinite.
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.