Strong G3192μέλι
honey
- Transliteration
- meli
- Pronunciation
- mel'-ee
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Apparently a primary word; honey: - honey.
Detailed definition
μέλι, -τος, τό
[in LXX frequently (Gen.43:11, al.) for דְּבַשׁ; for נֹפֶת, Pro.5:3;]
honey: Rev.10:9-10; ἄγριον (which see), Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX frequently (Gen.43:11, al.) for דְּבַשׁ; for נֹפֶת, Pro.5:3;]
honey: Rev.10:9-10; ἄγριον (which see), Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3192 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- honey4
First verses
- Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Revelation 10:9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
- Revelation 10:10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μέλῐ, τό,
genitive ῐτος, etc.; dative μέλι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus 3.17; _genitive_ _plural_ μελίτων 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 128.7 (nisi to be read μελιτῶν, compare μελιτόν))]:—honey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.69, etc.; μ. χλωρόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.631, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.234, 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 38.1; ξανθόν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 47; παμφαές 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 612; τὸ μέλι τἀττικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 252, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 708; various kinds, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 190)]; said to be made from the palm (φοῖνιξ), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, compare 4.194; μ. θανάτου σύμβολον 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 18.)]
2 in comparisons, of anything sweet, especially of eloquence, μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.249, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10 (11). 98; Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 581; ὕπνος γλυκίων μέλιτος 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.3; ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν [χολή] ἐστι πρὸς ἐκείνην μέλι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 146.6: proverbial μήτε μοι μ. μήτε μέλισσα)], of those who refuse to take 'the rough with the smooth', [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 113.)]
II sweet gum collected from certain trees, manna, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 831b23; τὸ ὕον μ. 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 4.3.32)]; μ. ἄγριον, μαινόμενον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.94, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.18)]. (Cf. Gothic milip, Latin mel.)
genitive ῐτος, etc.; dative μέλι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus 3.17; _genitive_ _plural_ μελίτων 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 128.7 (nisi to be read μελιτῶν, compare μελιτόν))]:—honey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.69, etc.; μ. χλωρόν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.631, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.234, 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 38.1; ξανθόν 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 47; παμφαές 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 612; τὸ μέλι τἀττικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 252, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 708; various kinds, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 190)]; said to be made from the palm (φοῖνιξ), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, compare 4.194; μ. θανάτου σύμβολον 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 18.)]
2 in comparisons, of anything sweet, especially of eloquence, μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.249, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10 (11). 98; Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 581; ὕπνος γλυκίων μέλιτος 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.3; ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν [χολή] ἐστι πρὸς ἐκείνην μέλι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 146.6: proverbial μήτε μοι μ. μήτε μέλισσα)], of those who refuse to take 'the rough with the smooth', [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 113.)]
II sweet gum collected from certain trees, manna, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 831b23; τὸ ὕον μ. 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 4.3.32)]; μ. ἄγριον, μαινόμενον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.94, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.3.18)]. (Cf. Gothic milip, Latin mel.)