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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

2. (n.) Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb.

Greek

2781. kerion -- honeycomb.
... honeycomb. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kerion Phonetic Spelling:
(kay-ree'-on) Short Definition: a honeycomb Definition: a honeycomb. ...
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3193. melissios -- made by bees.
... Word Origin from melissa (a bee) Definition made by bees. honeycomb. From meli;
relating to honey, ie Bee (comb) -- honeycomb. see GREEK meli. 3192, 3193. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3295. yarah -- honeycomb
... honeycomb. Transliteration: yarah Phonetic Spelling: (yah-ar-aw') Short Definition:
honeycomb. ... of yaar Definition honeycomb NASB Word Usage honeycomb* (1). ...
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3293b. yaar -- honeycomb
... yaar. 3294 . honeycomb. Transliteration: yaar Short Definition: honeycomb. Word
Origin from an unused word Definition honeycomb NASB Word Usage honeycomb (1). ...
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6688. tsuph -- (honey) comb
... 6687, 6688. tsuph. 6689 . (honey) comb. Transliteration: tsuph Phonetic
Spelling: (tsoof) Short Definition: honeycomb. ... honeycomb. ...
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1706. debash -- honey
... Definition: honey. Word Origin from an unused word Definition honey NASB
Word Usage honey (52), honeycomb* (2). honeycomb. From an ...
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5317. nopheth -- flowing honey, honey from the comb
... honeycomb. From nuwph in the sense of shaking to pieces; a dripping ie Of honey
(from the comb) -- honeycomb. see HEBREW nuwph. 5316, 5317. nopheth. 5318 . ...
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3293. ya'ar -- wood, forest, thicket
ya'ar. 3292, 3293. ya'ar. 3293a . wood, forest, thicket. Transliteration:
ya'ar Phonetic Spelling: (yah'-ar) Short Definition: comb. honeycomb, forest, wood ...
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Library

Taking the Passage Concerning the Honeycomb in the Song of Songs.. ...
... Three Books Concerning Virgins. To Marcellina, His Sister. Book I. Chapter VIII.
Taking the passage concerning the honeycomb in the Song of Songs� ...
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Thy Lips, O My Spouse, Drop as the Honeycomb; Honey and Milk are ...
... CHAPTER IV. 11. Thy lips, O my Spouse, drop as the honeycomb; honey and milk are
under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/11 thy lips o my.htm

"Honey in the Mouth!"
... by showing them unto us, and making us to eat and drink with Christ, and share of
these 'all things'; yea, not only eat the honey, but the honeycomb with the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/honey in the mouth.htm

Let My Beloved Come into his Garden and Eat the Fruit of His
... I am come into my garden, my sister Spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/1 let my beloved come.htm

Chapter v.
... 1. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with
my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with ...
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The Joy of Unbroken Communion
... And the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices! Thy lips, O My bride,
drop as the honeycomb: ... I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; ...
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The Disciple, -- Master, in These Days Some Learned Men and their ...
... 6. To many people life is full of peril, and they are like that hunter who caught
sight of a honeycomb on the branch of a tree overhanging a stream. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/singh/at the masters feet/section ii the disciple 2.htm

Spiritual Appetite
... Tabernacle, Newington. "The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the
hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.""Proverbs 27:7. It ...
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Mem.
... Or, as it is more literally rendered from the Greek, "Thy utterances, above honey
and the honeycomb unto my mouth." This is that sweetness which the Lord giveth ...
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Christ's Estimate of his People
... Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue,
and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.""Song of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/christs estimate of his people.htm

Thesaurus

Honeycomb (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple,
etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb. ...Honeycomb (9 Occurrences). ...
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Comb (3 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) The curling crest of a wave. 12. (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls
of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. 13. ...
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Honey (62 Occurrences)
... 4:11). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected
by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb. ...
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Zuph (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and
Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1); called also Zophai (1 Chronicles 6:26). Zuph, Land of. ...
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Droppings (4 Occurrences)
... Psalms 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter
also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb. (ASV). ...
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Spouse (7 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk
are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon ...
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Bride (31 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). Song of Songs 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip
like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. ...
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Drop (32 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil: (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Honey-comb (9 Occurrences)
Honey-comb. Honeycomb, Honey-comb. Honeyed . Multi-Version Concordance
Honey-comb (9 Occurrences). ... (WBS). Honeycomb, Honey-comb. Honeyed . Reference
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Milk (66 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk
are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon. ...
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Bible Concordance

Honeycomb (9 Occurrences)

Luke 24:42 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
(WEB KJV DBY YLT)

1 Samuel 14:27 But Jonathan didn't hear when his father commanded the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
(KJV)

Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV)

Proverbs 27:7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT)

Song of Songs 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY NIV)

Song of Songs 5:1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Honeycomb

Related Terms

Comb (3 Occurrences)

Honey (62 Occurrences)

Zuph (3 Occurrences)

Droppings (4 Occurrences)

Spouse (7 Occurrences)

Bride (31 Occurrences)

Drop (32 Occurrences)

Honey-comb (9 Occurrences)

Milk (66 Occurrences)