noun · neuter
meliem
Greekμέλι (meli)
Strong’sG3192
honey
stem meli-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μέλι, -τος, τό,
[in LXX freq. (Ge 43:11, al.) for דְּבַשׁ; for נֹפֶת, Pr 5:3;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3192 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmel'-ee
honey
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jameshoney.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | meliem3×μέλι | melieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | melieu | melieiu |
| to, for dative | melie | meliei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
melie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
meliem“honey”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Matthew 3:4“honey”autos de tos Iōannos echate tem endumem autou apo thrixaiu kamēlau kai zōnan dermatinan peri tan osfuan autou, tas de trofēas ate autou akriais kai meliem agriem.John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Revelation 10:9“honey”kai aperchama pros ton angelon legarōtos auto dōara mi tem biblaridiem. kai legatō mi; Lambasar kai katesthiasar autem, kai pikrainati su tan koilian, alla en te stome su eti glukuem hōs meliem.And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
Revelation 10:10“honey”kai lambama tem biblaridiem ek tau cheirau tou angelou kai katesthiama autem, kai ate en te stome mu hōs meliem glukuem; kai hote esthiama autem, pikrainita tas koilias mu.So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
meliem1×
Mark 1:6“honey”kai ate tos Iōannos enduerētos thrixain kamēlau kai zōnan dermatinan peri tan osfuan autou, kai estharōtos akriain kai meliem agriem.John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.