# honey, honeycomb

## Definition:

“Honey” is the sweet, sticky, edible substance that honeybees make out of flower nectar. Honeycomb is the waxy frame where the bees store honey.

* Depending on the kind, honey can be yellowish or brownish in color.
* Honey can be found in the wild, such as in the hollow of a tree, or wherever bees make a nest. People also raise bees in hives in order to produce honey to eat or sell, but probably the honey mentioned in the Bible was wild honey.
* Three people that the Bible specifically mentions as eating wild honey were Jonathan, Samson, and John the Baptist.
* This term is often used figuratively to describe something that is sweet or very pleasurable. For example, God’s words and decrees are said to be “sweeter than honey.” (See also: [Simile](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile), [Metaphor](rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor))
* Sometimes a person’s words are described as seeming sweet like honey, but instead result in deceiving and harming others.

(See also: [John (the Baptist)](../names/johnthebaptist.md), [Jonathan](../names/jonathan.md), [Philistines](../names/philistines.md), [Samson](../names/samson.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Kings 14:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/14/01)
* [Deuteronomy 6:3](rc://en/tn/help/deu/06/3)
* [Exodus 13:3-5](rc://en/tn/help/exo/13/03)
* [Joshua 5:6](rc://en/tn/help/jos/05/06)
* [Proverbs 5:3](rc://en/tn/help/pro/05/03)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H1706, H3293, H3295, H5317, H6688, G31920
