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HebrewH5317Noun (Masculine)

נֹ֫פֶת

no.phet

4Occurrences
H5317Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)

from H5130 (נוּף) in the sense of shaking to pieces;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
flowing honey, honey from the comb, a dropping down, honey, honeycomb

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

נֹ֫פֶת appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Proverbs
3
Song of Solomon
1

Key Passages

Proverbs 24:13BSB

Eat honey, my son, for it is good,and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 27:7BSB

The soul that is full loathes honey,but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 5:3BSB

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honeyand her speech is smoother than oil,

Song of Solomon 4:11BSB

Your lips, my bride,drip sweetness like the honeycomb;honey and milk are under your tongue,and the fragrance of your garmentsis like the aroma of Lebanon.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.