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Strong's #3192 - μέλι
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μέλῐ, τό,
gen. ῐτος, etc.; dat. μέλι Philox. 3.17; gen. pl. μελίτων Emp. 128.7 (nisi leg. μελιτῶν, cf. μελιτόν): —
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1. honey, Od. 20.69, etc.; μ. χλωρόν Il. 11.631, Od. 10.234, Xenoph. 38.1; ξανθόν Simon. 47; παμφαές A. Pers. 612; τὸ μέλι τἀττικόν Ar. Pax 252, cf. Men. 708; various kinds, Thphr. Fr. 190; said to be made from the palm (φοῖνιξ), Hdt. 1.193, cf. 4.194; μ. θανάτου σύμβολον Porph. Antr. 18.
2. in comparisons, of anything sweet, esp. of eloquence, μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Il. 1.249, cf. Pi. O. 10 (11). 98; Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου Ar. Fr. 581; ὕπνος γλυκίων μέλιτος Mosch. 2.3; ἡ τῶν ἀνδρῶν [χολή] ἐστι πρὸς ἐκείνην μέλι Alex. 146.6: prov. μήτε μοι μ. μήτε μέλισσα, of those who refuse to take 'the rough with the smooth', Sapph. 113.
II sweet gum collected from certain trees, manna, Arist. Mir. 831b23; τὸ ὕον μ. Polyaen. 4.3.32; μ. ἄγριον, μαινόμενον, D.S. 19.94, Str. 12.3.18. (Cf. Goth. milip, Lat. mel.)
μέλι, μέλιτος, τό, the Sept. for דְּבַשׁ (from Homer down). honey: Revelation 10:9f; ἄγριον (which see), Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6.
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μέλι has a place in all phases of Greek from Homer to MGr : cf. from the Κοινή —P Oxy II. 234iii. 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 μελίτινα ̣ στεφάνια γ ̄, which the editors render ";3 honey–sweet garlands"; : cf. the otherwise unknown adj. μελίσσιος as interpolaled in the TR of Luke 24:42. For acc. μέλιν see P Iand 18.1 (vi/vii A.D.) and for μελίτιν see Kaibel 719.9 γλυκὺν ὡς μελίτιν.
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