μέλιméli
honey: Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10; ἄγριον (see that word), Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:9.
Greek (New Testament) · G3192
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 3:4 John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
- Mark 1:6 His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.
- Revelation 10:9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. “Yes, take it and eat it,” he said. “It will be sweet as honey in your mouth, but it will turn sour in your stomach!”
- Revelation 10:10 So I took the small scroll from the hand of the angel, and I ate it! It was sweet in my mouth, but when I swallowed it, it turned sour in my stomach.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.