honey, honeycomb

Definition

“Honey” is the sweet, sticky, edible substance that honeybees make out of flower nectar. Honeycomb is the waxy frame where the bees store honey.

• Depending on the kind, honey can be yellowish or brownish in color.
• Honey can be found in the wild, such as in the hollow of a tree, or wherever bees make a nest. People also raise bees in hives in order to produce honey to eat or sell, but probably the honey mentioned in the Bible was wild honey.
• Three people that the Bible specifically mentions as eating wild honey were Jonathan, Samson, and John the Baptist.
• This term is often used figuratively to describe something that is sweet or very pleasurable. For example, God’s words and decrees are said to be “sweeter than honey.” (See also: Simile, Metaphor)
• Sometimes a person’s words are described as seeming sweet like honey, but instead result in deceiving and harming others.

(See also: John (the Baptist), Jonathan, Philistines, Samson)

Bible References

• 1 Kings 14:1-3
• Deuteronomy 6:3
• Exodus 13:3-5
• Joshua 5:6
• Proverbs 5:3

Word Data

• Strong’s: H1706, H3293, H3295, H5317, H6688, G31920