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Strong's #5317 - נֹפֶת

Transliteration

nôpheth

Phonetics

no'-feth

Origin

from (H5130) in the sense of shaking to pieces

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1396

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

flowing honey, honey from the comb, a dropping down, honey, honeycomb

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2781 ‑ κηρίον (kay‑ree'‑on); 3192 ‑ μέλι (mel'‑ee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

BSB (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

CSB (2)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

ESV (4)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

KJV (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

LEB (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

LSB (9)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 6

Song of Solomon 2

N95 (5)

Proverbs 4

Song of Solomon 1

NAS (8)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 4

Song of Solomon 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (5)

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Song of Solomon 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2425) t p n (נפת NPT) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

g^m ) t p f n (נופת NWPT) - Honeycomb: KJV (5): honeycomb - Strongs: H5317 (נֹפֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נֹ֫פֶת noun masculine^{Proverbs 24:13} flowing honey, honey from the comb (Phoenician נפת CIS^i.166,8b); — ׳נ absolute Proverbs 5:3 3t., construct Psalm 19:11; — sweet Proverbs 24:13 ("" דְּבַשׁ), compare Proverbs 27:7; figurative of sweet words Proverbs 5:3, and perhaps Song of Solomon 4:11 (Bu of kisses; "" דְּבַשׁ, חָלָב); in full ׳נצוּפִים Psalm 19:11 honey of (the) combs (compare with ׳מִשְׁפְטֵי י; "" דְּבַשׁ).

נֶפְתּוֺחַ see פתח.

נַמְּתּוּלִים, נַפְתָּלִי see פתל.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נֹפֶת f. (root נוּף see Hiph. No. 2), a dropping down, dripping, hence נֹפֶת צוּפִים dropping of honeycombs, i.e. honey dropping from the combs, i.q. יַעַר (which see), Psalms 19:11. Hence without the gen. צוּפִים id. Song of Solomon 4:11; Proverbs 5:3, 24:13, נֹפֶת מָתוֹק עַל־חִכִּךָ “honey droppings (which are) sweet to thy palate,” (where the predicate מָתוֹק is not inflected; compare Genesis 49:15).

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List of Word Forms

וְנֹ֣פֶת וְנֹ֥פֶת ונפת נֹ֑פֶת נֹ֛פֶת נֹ֣פֶת נפת nō·p̄eṯ Nofet nōp̄eṯ veNofet wə·nō·p̄eṯ wənōp̄eṯ