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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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 -

However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey,[fn] he had renewed energy.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 -

They are more desirable than gold —

than an abundance of pure gold;

and sweeter than honey

dripping from a honeycomb.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 -

They surrounded me like bees;

they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;

in the name of the LORD I destroyed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 -

How sweet your word is to my taste —

sweeter than honey in my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24 -

Pleasant words are a honeycomb:

sweet to the taste[fn] and health to the body.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 -

Eat honey, my son, for it is good,

and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 -

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,

but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 -

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride.

Honey and milk are under your tongue.

The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 -

On that day I swore[fn] to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 -

“However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them ​— ​the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey ​— ​

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