Honey
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- Heb. ya'ar, occurs only 1Sam 14:25, 27, 29; Song 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods.
- Nopheth, honey that drops (Ps 1910; Prov 5:3; Song 4:11).
- Debash denotes bee-honey (Jdg 14:8); but also frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees (Gen 43:11; Ezek 27:17). In these passages it may probably mean "dibs," or syrup of grapes, i.e., the juice of ripe grapes boiled down to one-third of its bulk.
- Tsuph, the cells of the honey-comb full of honey (Prov 16:24; Ps 1910).
- "Wild honey" (Mt 3:4) may have been the vegetable honey distilled from trees, but rather was honey stored by bees in rocks or in trees (Deut 32:13; Ps 8116; 1Sam 14:25-29).
Canaan was a "land flowing with milk and honey" (Ex 3:8). Milk and honey were among the chief dainties in the earlier ages, as they are now among the Bedawin; and butter and honey are also mentioned among articles of food (Isa 7:15). The ancients used honey instead of sugar (Ps 119103; Prov 24:13); but when taken in great quantities it caused nausea, a fact referred to in Prov 25:16, 17 to inculcate moderation in pleasures. Honey and milk also are put for sweet discourse (Song 4:11).
This article needs to be merged with HONEY (Jewish Encyclopedia).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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