Dew

The nightly condensation of moisture from the atmosphere

Song of Solomon 5:2 See also Judges 6:36–40 Gideon's signDaniel 4:25, Daniel 5:21

I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Dew as a sign of God's blessing and provision

Deuteronomy 33:13 See also Genesis 27:28; Job 38:28; Proverbs 3:19–20; Hosea 14:5; Zechariah 8:12

Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

Dew associated with manna

Exodus 16:13–14; Numbers 11:9

Lack of dew a sign of God's judgment

1 Kings 17:1 See also Genesis 27:39; 2 Samuel 1:21; Haggai 1:10

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Dew used metaphorically

Deuteronomy 32:2; Psalm 110:3; Isaiah 26:19 See also 2 Samuel 17:12; Job 29:19; Psalm 133:3; Proverbs 19:12; Isaiah 18:4; Hosea 6:4, Hosea 13:3; Micah 5:7

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.