Know the Word.

Hebrew word

dᵉbêlâh

deb-ay-law'

דְּבֵלָה

What it means

a cake of pressed figs

Where it comes from

from an unused root (akin to zâbal (זָבַל)) probably meaning to press together

How the King James translates it

  • cakes2
  • lump2
  • cake1

Every place it appears 5

1 Samuel25:1830:12
2 Kings20:7
1 Chronicles12:40
Isaiah38:21
dᵉbêlâh — Hebrew word meaning “a cake of pressed figs”