HONEY

- God the giver of Ps 81:16; Eze 16:19 - Gathered and prepared by bees Jud 14:8 - FOUND IN . Rocks De 32:13; Ps 81:16 . Woods 1Sa 14:25,26; Jer 41:8 . Carcases of dead animals Jud 14:8 - Sweetness of Jud 14:18 - In the honeycomb sweetest and most valuable Pr 16:24; 24:13 - ABOUNDED IN . Egypt Nu 16:13 . Assyria 2Ki 18:32 . Canaan Ex 3:8; Le 20:24; De 8:8 - Esteemed a wholesome food Pr 24:13 - Moderation needful in the use of Pr 25:16,27 - Loathed by those who are full Pr 27:7 - WAS EATEN . Plain 1Sa 14:25,26,29 . With the honeycomb So 5:1; Lu 24:42 . With milk So 4:11 . With butter Isa 7:15,22 . With locusts Mt 3:4; Mr 1:6 . Mixed with flour Ex 16:31; Eze 16:13 - Not to be offered with any sacrifice Le 2:11 - First fruits of, offered to God 2Ch 31:5 - Often sent as a present Ge 43:11; 1Ki 14:3 - Exported from Canaan Eze 27:17 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF . The word of God Ps 19:10; 119:103 . Wisdom Pr 24:13,14 . Holy speech of saints So 4:11 . Pleasant words Pr 16:24 . Lips of a strange woman Pr 5:3

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Was formerly very plentiful in Palestine, and hence the frequent expressions of Scripture which import that that country was a land flowing with milk and honey, Le 20:24. Wild bee honey was often found in hollow trees and clefts in the rocks, De 32:13 Ps 81:16; and on this John the Baptist fed, Mt 3:4. Honey was highly prized, Ps 19:10 Pr 5:3 27:7. Modern travellers observe that it is still very common there, and that the inhabitants mix it in all their sauces. Forskal says the caravans of Mecca bring honey from Arabia to Cairo, and that he has often seen honey flowing in the woods in Arabia. It would seem that this flowing honey is bee honey, and this fact illustrates the story of Jonathan, 1Sa 14:25,27. But there is also a vegetable honey that is very plentiful in the East. Burckhardt, speaking of the productions of the Ghor, or valley of the Jordan, says one of the most interesting productions of this place is the Beyrouk honey, as the Arabs call it. It was described to him as a juice dropping from the leaves and twigs of a tree called Gharrab, of the size of an olive tree, with leaves like those of the popular, but somewhat broader. The honey collects on the leaves like dew, and is gathered from them, or from the ground under the tree. Another vegetable product is referred to in the Bible as honey, 2Co 13:14. It is syrup, prepared by boiling down the juice of dates, etc. That made from grapes is called dibs, and is much used by the Arabs as a condiment with food. It resembles thin molasses, and is pleasant to the taste, Ge 43:11.

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Honey. Honey
(1.) Heb. ya’ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods.

(2.) Nopheth, honey that drops (Ps. 19:10; Prov. 5:3; Cant. 4:11).

(3.) Debash denotes bee-honey (Judg. 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.

(4.) Tsuph, the cells of the honey-comb full of honey (Prov. 16:24; Ps. 19:10).

(5.) “Wild honey” (Matt. 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. 81:16; 1 Sam. 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. 119:103; 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 (Cant. 4:11).

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HONEY. → General scriptures concerning Ex 16:31; 2Sa 17:29; Pr 25:27; So 4:11; Isa 7:15; Mt 3:4; Lu 24:42 → Not to be offered with sacrifices Le 2:11 → Found in rocks De 32:13; Ps 81:16 → Found upon the ground 1Sa 14:25 → Samson's riddle concerning Jud 14:14 → Sent as a present by Jacob to Egypt Ge 43:11 → Plentiful in Palestine Ex 3:8; Le 20:24; De 8:8; Eze 20:6 → Abundant in Assyria 2Ki 18:32 → An article of merchandise from Palestine Eze 27:17

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Ge 43:11; Le 2:11; De 8:8; 32:13; Jud 14:8; 1Sa 14:27; Ps 19:10 Pr 24:13; 25:27; 27:7; Eze 27:17; Mt 3:4; Lu 24:42

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honey. Honey, [hunny] n. the sweet juice of vegetables collected by bees, a darling

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Hon″ey (?), n. [[OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig; akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel. hunang, Sw. håning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. � dust, Skr. kaa grain.]] 1. 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
2. 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
The honey of his language. Shak. 3. 3. Sweet one; — a term of endearment. Chaucer.
Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus. Shak. ☞ Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust. Honey ant (Zoöl.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest. — Honey badger (Zoöl.), the ratel. — Honey bear. (Zoöl.) See Kinkajou. — Honey buzzard (Zoöl.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite. — Honey creeper (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Cœrebidæ, abundant in Central and South America. — Honey eater (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ, abundant in Australia and Oceania; — called also honeysucker. — Honey flower (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey. — Honey guide (Zoöl.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator. — Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden. — Honey kite. (Zoöl.) See Honey buzzard (above). — Honey locust (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds. — Honey month. Same as Honeymoon. — Honey weasel (Zoöl.), the ratel.