Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Honey

King James Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Honesty
Next Entry
Honor
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

HON'EY, n. hun'y.

1. A sweet vegetable juice, collected by bees from the flowers of plants, and deposited in cells of the comb in hives. Honey, when pure, is of a moderate consistence, of a whitish color,tinged with yellow,sweet to the taste, of an agreeable smell, soluble in water, and becoming vinous by fermentation. In medicine, it is useful as a detergent and aperient. It is supposed to consist of sugar, mucilage, and an acid.
2. Sweetness lusciousness.

The king hath found

Matter against him, that forever mars

The honey of his language.

3. A word of tenderness sweetness sweet one.

HON'EY, To talk fondly. Little used.

1. To sweeten.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Honey'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​h/honey.html.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile