patbag · delicacies

What it means

patbag (פַּתְבַּג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “delicacies”.

The fine food of the king's table (a word of Persian origin).

How to say it

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

1. The fine fare from the king's table.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Daniel 1:5

  And the king assigned them a daily portion each day from the delicacies of the king and from the wine he drank, and ordered that they be brought up three years, and at the end of them they would stand before the king.

• Daniel 1:8

  But Daniel set it in his heart that he would not defile himself with the delicacies of the king or with the wine he drank; and he asked the chief of the officials that he might not defile himself.

• Daniel 1:13

  Then let our appearance be seen before you, and the appearance of the youths who eat the delicacies of the king, and as you see, deal with your servants.”

• Daniel 1:15

  And at the end of ten days their appearance was seen to be better and fatter in flesh than all the youths who were eating the delicacies of the king.

• Daniel 1:16

  So the steward kept taking away their delicacies and the wine they were to drink, and giving them vegetables.

• Daniel 11:26

  And those who eat his delicacies will break him, and his army will overflow, and many will fall slain.

And 2 more times.