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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3192 - μέλι

Transliteration

méli

Phonetics

mel'-ee

Origin

apparently a root word

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

4:552,577

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

honey

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1706 ‑ דְּבַשׁ (deb‑ash'); 5317 ‑ נֹפֶת (no'‑feth);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

BSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

CSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

ESV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

KJV (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

N95 (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

NAS (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

NLT (3)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 1

WEB (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

YLT (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Revelation 2

ASV (4)

honey 4

BSB (4)

honey 4

CSB (4)

honey 4

ESV (4)

honey 4

KJV (4)

honey 4

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

honey 4

N95 (4)

honey 4

NAS (4)

honey 4

NLT (3)

honey 3

WEB (4)

honey 4

YLT (4)

honey 4

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

ANT

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BEZ

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BGB

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BMT

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BYZ

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

ELZ

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

NA26

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

SBL

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

SCV

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

STV

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

TIS

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

TRG

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μέλῐ, τό,

gen. ῐτος, etc.; dat. μέλι Philox. 3.17; gen. pl. μελίτων Emp. 128.7 (nisi leg. μελιτῶν, cf. μελιτόν): —

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.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μέλι, μέλιτος, τό, the Sept. for דְּבַשׁ (from Homer down). honey: Revelation 10:9f; ἄγριον (which see), Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μέλι , -τος , τό ,

[in LXX freq. (Genesis 43:11, al.) for H1706; for H5317, Proverbs 5:3;]

honey: Revelation 10:9-10; ἄγριον (q.v.), Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

εμέλισα εμέλισε εμέλισεν μελι μέλι μελιούσιν μελισάτωσαν μέλισσαι μελίσση μέλιτι μελίτος μέλιτος μέλιτός meli méli