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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 Box 1Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:103

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:103 - How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24 - Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 - My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
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