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Lexicon :: Strong's G2781 - kērion

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κηρίον
Transliteration
kērion (Key)
Pronunciation
kay-ree'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive from keos (wax)
mGNT
0x in 0 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
10x in 3 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

κηρίον kēríon, kay-ree'-on; diminutive from κηός kēós (wax); a cell for honey, i.e. (collectively) the comb:—(honey-)comb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2781 in the following manner: honeycomb (with G3193) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2781 in the following manner: honeycomb (with G3193) (1x).

  1. honeycomb

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κηρίον kēríon, kay-ree'-on; diminutive from κηός kēós (wax); a cell for honey, i.e. (collectively) the comb:—(honey-)comb.
STRONGS G2781:
κηρίον, κηρίου, τό (κηρός wax), from Hesiod and Herodotus down, honeycomb: κηρίον μελισσιον, a honeycomb (still containing the honey), Luke 24:42 R G Tr brackets (1 Samuel 14:27; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 24:13).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
14:27
Proverbs
16:24; 24:13
Luke
24:42

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2781 matches the Greek κηρίον (kērion),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - And Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it into the honeycomb, and returned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes recovered their sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - (LXX 18:11) To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - (LXX 117:12) They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 - (LXX 118:103) How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24 - Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 - My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - in that day I helped them with my hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land which I prepared for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is abundant beyond every land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all, that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is sweeter than all lands:
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