Quick Definition
honey
Strong's Definition
honey
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: honey
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μέλι, μέλιτος, τό, the Sept. for γΐΜαΗωΡ (from Homer down). honey: Rev_10:9 f; ἄγριον (which see), Mat_3:4; Mar_1:6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μέλι meli 4x
honey, Mat_3:4 ; Mar_1:6 ; Rev_10:9-10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μέλι , -τος , τό ,
[in LXX freq . ( Gen_43:11 , al. ) for H1706 ; for H5317 , Pro_5:3 ;]
honey: Rev_10:9-10 ; ἄγριον ( q.v. ), Mat_3:4 , Mar_1:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μέλι [page 395]
μέλι has a place in all phases of Greek from Homer to MGr : cf. from the Κοινή P Oxy II. 234 iii. 10 (a medical prescription ii/iiiA.D.) πρόσμιξον μέλι καὶ ῥόδινον , add honey and rose-extract, ib. VI. 936 .9 (iii/A.D.) ἡμίχουν μέλιτος , half a chous of honey. This last papyrus shows also .10 μελικηρίδα , honey comb, and .11 μελίτινα̣ στεφάνια γ̄ , which the editors render 3 honey sweet garlands : cf. the otherwise unknown adj. μελίσσιος as interpolaled in the TR of Luk_24:42 . For acc. μέλιν see P Iand 18 .1 (vi/vii A.D.) and for μελίτιν see Kaibel 719 .9 γλυκὺν ὡς μελίτιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μέλι Lat. mel, honey, Hom. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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