Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear. 2. (v. t.) To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner. 3. (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. 4. (v. t.) To flatter excessively or glossy. 5. (v. t.) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. 6. (v. i.) To smear; to play the flatterer. 7. (n.) A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabbed; a smear. 8. (n.) A picture coarsely executed. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DAUB dob: "To daub" always has the meaning "to cover," "to smear with" in the Scriptures. Ezekiel compares the flatteries of the false prophets to a slight wall covered with whitewash (literally, "spittle"). See Ezekiel 13:10, 22:28. In Exodus 2:3 "daubed it with slime and with pitch" (Hebrew wattachmerah, denominative of chemar, "bitumen" or "asphalt"), "to daub" has the same meaning as in the Ezekiel passage.

Multi-Version Concordance Daub (3 Occurrences) Ezekiel 13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one builds up a wall, behold, they daub it with whitewash: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Ezekiel 13:11 tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Ezekiel 13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have daubed it with whitewash; and I will tell you, The wall is no more, neither those who daubed it; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)