Greek · G2781

κηρίον

Honeycomb

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κηρίον G2781

Pronunciation kēríon

What does κηρίον (kēríon) mean in the Bible?

κηρίον (kēríon) is a Greek word meaning "honeycomb".

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What does κηρίον (kēríon) mean in the Bible?

κηρίον (kēríon) is a Greek word meaning "honeycomb".

Evidence Summary

Greek word. honeycomb

Strong's G2781

Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 1 time

Verse guides 0 guides

Source Gloss

honeycomb

Extended definition

(κηρός, wax), [in LXX for נֹפֶת, צוּף, Psa.19:10 118:12, Pro.16:24, al. ;] honeycomb: κ. μελίσσιον, Luk.24:42 (Rec.; WH, txt., R, txt., omit).

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Greek Text Appearances

Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.

1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.

Luke 24:42 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter

κηρίου.

khriou

a honeycomb

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Full New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.

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