Dict: easton - Honey

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(1.) Heb. ya'ar, occurs only kjv@1Samuel:14:25-27, 29; Cant. kjv@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 kjv@Psalms:19:10; kjv@Proverbs:5:3; Cant. 4:11).

(3.) Debash denotes bee-honey kjv@Judges:14:8); but also frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees kjv@Genesis:43:11; kjv@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.

(4.) Tsuph, the cells of the honey-comb full of honey kjv@Proverbs:16:24; kjv@Psalms:19:10).

(5.) "Wild honey" kjv@Matthew:3:4) may have been the vegetable honey distilled from trees, but rather was honey stored by bees in rocks or in trees kjv@Deuteronomy:32:13; kjv@Psalms:81:16; kjv@1Samuel:14:25-29). Canaan was a "land flowing with milk and honey" kjv@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 kjv@Isaiah:7:15). The ancients used honey instead of sugar kjv@Psalms:119:103; kjv@Proverbs:24:13); but when taken in great quantities it caused nausea, a fact referred to in kjv@Proverbs:25:16-17 to inculcate moderation in pleasures. Honey and milk also are put for sweet discourse (Cant. 4:11).