What does חָלָב · דְּבַשׁ mean in the Bible?
חָלָב · דְּבַשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "milk and honey".
Hebrew · H2461, H1706
חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ
Milk (as the richness of kine) · honey (from its stickiness ); by analogy, syrup
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חָלָב H2461 milk (as the richness of kine)
Pronunciation ḥālāb
Milk as symbol of abundance and nourishment; distinctly marks promised land's fertility in covenantal language
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דְּבַשׁ H1706 honey (from its stickiness ); by analogy, syrup
Pronunciation dĕbaš
Honey as sweetness and stickiness combined—captures both taste appeal and binding adhesive quality in biblical metaphor
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What does חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ (chalav udevash) mean in the Bible?
חָלָב · דְּבַשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "milk and honey".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2461, H1706?
H2461, H1706 is connected to 98 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. milk and honey
Strong's H2461, H1706
Lexical occurrences 98 verses Source Gloss
milk and honey
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain