HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H809
אֲשִׁישָׁה
a.shi.shah — raisin bun
1) raisin-cake, used in sacrificial feasts 1a) consistently translated in AV as "flagon of wine"
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Flagon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Heb. ashishah, (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1), meaning properly “a cake of pressed raisins.” “Flagons of wine” of the Authorized Version should be, as in the Revised Version, “cakes of raisins” in all these passages. In Isa. 22:24 it is the rendering of the Hebrew nebel, which properly means a bottle or vessel of skin. (Comp. 1 Sam. 1:24; 10:3; 25:18; 2 Sam. 16:1, where the same Hebrew word is used.)
Scripture references
2 Samuel 6:191 Chronicles 16:3Song of Solomon 2:5Hosea 3:1Isaiah 22:241 Samuel 1:241 Samuel 10:31 Samuel 25:182 Samuel 16:1Isaiah 30:14
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.