Bible Dictionary: Bees

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Greek

3193. melissios -- made by bees.
... 3192, 3193. melissios. 3194 . made by bees. Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: melissios Phonetic Spelling: (mel-is'-see ...
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1234. diagogguzo -- to murmur among themselves
... 1234 (an onomatopoetic term imitating the sound of cooing doves and humming bees) --
constantly, intensely (grumble, complain) -- an intensified form of 1111 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1682. deborah -- a bee
... 1681, 1682. deborah. 1683 . a bee. Transliteration: deborah Phonetic
Spelling: (deb-o-raw') Short Definition: bees. Word Origin ...
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Library

Perhaps Also the So-Called Wars among the Bees Convey Instruction ...
... Chapter LXXXII. Perhaps also the so-called wars among the bees convey
instruction as to the manner in� Perhaps also the so-called ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxxii perhaps also the.htm

After Celsus Has Finished Speaking of the Bees, in Order to ...
... Chapter LXXXIII. After Celsus has finished speaking of the bees, in order
to depreciate as far as� After Celsus has finished speaking ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxxiii after celsus has.htm

Fun and Mischief. His Little Cousin and the "Gnats. " the Aurora ...
... He was always boasting of his ability to work with bees. ... When we began to chop,
the bees began to roar, and our friend was frantic with delight. ...
/.../chapter iv fun and mischief.htm

Our Noble Opponent, However, not Observing How Many Philosophers ...
... and make use of a political constitution, and forms of government, and sovereignties,
[4012] this is to say nothing to the purpose, for ants and bees do the ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxxi our noble opponent.htm

He Shows by Proofs Drawn from Nature Itself, that the Law which ...
... Bees, tiniest of creatures though they are, are yet so clever and cunning that we
read that they can be produced and spring from things of an entirely ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter v he shows by.htm

A Cultivated Conservative Friend of Mine once Exhibited Great ...
... as an idolatry. Virgil takes bees seriously but I doubt if he would have
kept bees as carefully as he wrote about them. The wise ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 42 a cultivated conservative.htm

A Description of Contemplation, and of the First Difference that ...
... Little bees are called nymphs or schadons until they make honey, and then they are
called bees: so prayer is named Meditation until it has produced the honey ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iii a description of.htm

Taking the Passage Concerning the Honeycomb in the Song of Songs.. ...
... Taking the passage concerning the honeycomb in the Song of Songs, he expounds
it, comparing the sacred virgins to bees. 40. Let, then ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter viii taking the passage.htm

Psalm CXVIII.
... 6. "They came about me as bees do a hive, and burned up even as the fire among the
thorns: and in the Name of the Lord have I taken vengeance on them" (ver.12 ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxviii.htm

How Holy Love Returning into the Soul, Brings Back to Life all the ...
... or heard, that wasps, gadflies, flies, and such little noxious insects when once
dead could come to life and rise again, but that the dear bees, those virtuous ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xii how holy love.htm

Thesaurus

Bees (5 Occurrences)
...Bees (5 Occurrences). ... 1 Samuel 14:25 And there was honey on the face of the field,
and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it; (BBE). ...
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Bee (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary First mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:44. Swarms of bees,
and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Psalm 118:12. ...
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Swarm (26 Occurrences)
... a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings
under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently ...
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Hiss (13 Occurrences)
... Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them."
This expression may be "derived from the noise made to attract bees in hiving ...
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Honey (62 Occurrences)
... 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. ... that collected by bees from flowers
of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. ...
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Wax (32 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Made by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Psalm
22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in illustration. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Beeshterah (1 Occurrence)

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Beer-sheba (33 Occurrences)
Beer-sheba. Beersheba, Beer-sheba. Bees . Multi-Version Concordance ... (ASV BBE
DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV). Beersheba, Beer-sheba. Bees . Reference Bible.
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Queen (59 Occurrences)
... of cities, countries, etc. 4. (n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female
of social bees, ants, and termites. 5. (n.) The most ...
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Quenched (22 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 118:12 They surrounded
me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. ...
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Bible Concordance

Bees (5 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 1:44 The Amorites, who lived in that hill country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 14:8 After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 14:25 And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;
(BBE)

Psalms 118:12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Bees

Related Terms

Bee (1 Occurrence)

Swarm (26 Occurrences)

Hiss (13 Occurrences)

Honey (62 Occurrences)

Wax (32 Occurrences)

Beeshterah (1 Occurrence)

Beer-sheba (33 Occurrences)

Queen (59 Occurrences)

Quenched (22 Occurrences)