What does μέλι (méli) mean in the Bible?
μέλι (méli) is a Greek word meaning "honey".
Greek · G3192
μέλι
Honey
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μέλιG3192
Pronunciationméli
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 Ithoney4×Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 3:4
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Revelation2
Source forms
μέλι4xmeliMatthew 3:4, Mark 1:6, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular3xMatthew 3:4, Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xMark 1:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. honey
Strong'sG3192
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
honey
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 3:4Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
μέλιmeli
honey
Read verseMark 1:6Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
μέλιmeli
honey
Read verseRevelation 10:9Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
μέλι.meli
honey
Read verseRevelation 10:10Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (3)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterMatt 3:4 · Rev 10:9 · Rev 10:103×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterMark 1:61×
Word Origins
μέλι is a primary word - no further derivation.
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