# 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](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/figs-simile), [Metaphore](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/figs-metaphore))
* Sometimes a person's words are described as seeming sweet like honey, but instead result in deceiving and harming others.

(See also: [[../other/johnthebaptist.md]], [[../other/jonathan.md]], [[../other/philistines.md]], [[../other/samson.md]])

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Kings 14:1-3](en/tn/1ki/help/14/01)
* [Deuteronomy 06:3](en/tn/deu/help/06/03)
* [Exodus 13:3-5](en/tn/exo/help/13/03)
* [Joshua 05:6-7](en/tn/jos/help/05/06)
* [Proverbs 05:3-4](en/tn/pro/help/05/03)