Word Study · Strong's H5317 · Hebrew
נֹפֶת
nopheth
no'-feth
Strong's 1890 spelling: nôpheth
“a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
Rendered in the KJV as
honeycomb.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְנֹ֣פֶת1
- וְנֹ֥פֶת1
- נֹ֣פֶת1
- נֹ֑פֶת1
- נֹ֛פֶת1
How it is rendered · 3
- honey3
- and [the] honey of1
- and honey from [the] comb1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 3
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/Ncfsc · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 5:3נֹ֣פֶתnofetnoun · feminine singularThough the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,here: honey
- Proverbs 24:13וְנֹ֥פֶתvenofetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularEat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.here: and honey from [the] comb
- Proverbs 27:7נֹ֑פֶתnofetnoun · feminine singularThe soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.here: honey