אֲשִׁישָׁה
ashisha · raisin cake
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H809 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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ashisha (אֲשִׁישָׁה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “raisin cake”.
Cake of pressed raisins; a sweet eaten at feasts.
How to say it
a·shi·sha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A block of pressed dried grapes.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- cakes ×2
- raisin cake ×2
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 6:19
And he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man to woman, to each one one cake of bread, one portion of meat, and one raisin cake. Then all the people went, each to his house.
- 1 Chronicles 16:3
And he distributed to every man of Israel, from man to woman, to each one a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a raisin cake.
- Song of Songs 2:5
Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.
- Hosea 3:1
And YHWH said to me: Go again, love a woman loved by a companion and an adulteress, like the love of YHWH for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.