Word Study · Strong's G3192 · Greek
μέλι
meli
mel'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: méli
“honey”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
honey
Rendered in the KJV as
honey.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- μέλι3
- μέλι.¶1
How it is rendered · 2
- honey3
- honey.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSN · 3
- N-ASN · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Revelation carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 10:9μέλι.¶melinoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularAnd 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.”here: honey.
- Revelation 10:10μέλιmelinoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularSo 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.here: honey