What does μέλι (méli) mean in the Bible?
μέλι (méli) is a Greek word meaning "honey".
Greek · G3192
μέλι
Honey
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μέλι G3192
Pronunciation méli
What does μέλι (méli) mean in the Bible?
μέλι (méli) is a Greek word meaning "honey".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3192?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include honey (4).
Where does μέλι (méli) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It honey 4× Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:4
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
μέλι 4x meli Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 3:4, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Mark 1:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. honey
Strong's G3192
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
honey
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
honey: Rev.10:9-10; ἄγριον (which see), Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:4 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
μέλι meli
honey
Read verse Mark 1:6 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
μέλι meli
honey
Read verse Revelation 10:9 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
μέλι. meli
honey
Read verse Revelation 10:10 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
μέλι, meli
honey
Read verseFull 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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 3:4 · Rev 10:9 · Rev 10:10 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 1:6 1×
Word Origins
μέλι is a primary word - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain