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The meaning of Honey in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Heb. ya'ar, occurs only I Samuel 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. Nopheth, honey that drops (Psalms 19:10; Proverbs 5:3; Cant. 4:11). Debash denotes bee-honey (Judges 14:8); but also frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees (Genesis 43:11; Ezekiel 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 (Proverbs 16:24; Psalms 19:10). "Wild honey" (Matthew 3:4) may have been the vegetable honey distilled from trees, but rather was honey stored by bees in rocks or in trees (Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalms 81:16; I Samuel 14:25-29). Canaan was a "land flowing with milk and honey" (Exodus 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 (Isaiah 7:15). The ancients used honey instead of sugar (Psalms 119:103; Proverbs 24:13); but when taken in great quantities it caused nausea, a fact referred to in Prov 25:16,17to inculcate moderation in pleasures. Honey and milk also are put for sweet discourse (Cant 4:11).
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