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Strong's G3192 μέλι (meli)

Meli means “honey” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3192 — yotbah (“Jotbah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3192
Language Greek
Linked Usages 62
Books 23

Strong's G3192 Quick Answer

Strong's G3192 μέλι (meli) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. meli (mel'-ee) n. 1. honey [apparently a primary word] It has 62 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include honey. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
meli (mel'-ee) n. 1. honey [apparently a primary word]
Usage
62 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
honey

Meaning and Definition

meli (mel'-ee) n. 1. honey [apparently a primary word] KJV: honey

Original Word
μέλι
Transliteration
meli
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3192. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

honey

Usage: μέλι, -τος, τό [in LXX frequently (Gen.43:11, al.) for דְּבַשׁ; for נֹפֶת, Pro.5:3 ;] honey: Rev.10:9-10; ἄγριον (which see), Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:9.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3192 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render meli, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

honey Matthew 3:4

How Strong's G3192 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 53 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3192 (μέλι) appears 59 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3192 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3192 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:4 KJV

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6 KJV

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

Revelation 10:9 KJV

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Strong's G3192 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

53 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 43:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.

Exodus 3:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and Amorites and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Strong's G3192 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 24:20 Septuagint / Brenton

For my memorial is sweeter than honey, And mine inheritance than the honeycomb.

Wisdom of Sirach 39:26 Septuagint / Brenton

The principal things for the whole use of man’s life Are water, fire, iron, and salt, Flour of wheat, honey, milk, And the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

Wisdom of Sirach 46:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved To bring them into the heritage, Even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Usage Excerpts

First 62 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3192.

Genesis 43:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.
Exodus 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and Amorites and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, and Girgashites, and Perizzites, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt perform this service in this month.
Exodus 16:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel called the name of it Manna; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.
Exodus 33:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring thee into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee by the way.
Leviticus 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not leaven any sacrifice which ye shall bring to the Lord; for as to any leaven, or any honey, ye shall not bring of it to offer a gift to the Lord.
Leviticus 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I said to you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you for a possession, even a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from all people.
Numbers 13:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which thou sentest us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Numbers 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
Numbers 16:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and that thou altogether rulest over us?
Numbers 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou art a prince, and hast thou brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, and hast thou given us an inheritance of land and vineyards? wouldest thou have put out the eyes of those men? we will not go up.
Deuteronomy 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do them, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may be greatly multiplied, as the Lord God of thy fathers said that he would give thee a land flowing with milk and honey: and these are the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
Deuteronomy 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that ye may live long upon the land, which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 26:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought us into this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which thou gavest me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and thou shalt leave it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt worship before the Lord thy God;
Deuteronomy 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look down from thy holy house, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given them, as thou didst swear to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt write on these stones all the words of this law, as soon as ye have crossed Jordan, when ye are entered into the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers gives thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, according as the Lord God of thy fathers said to thee.
Deuteronomy 31:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I will bring them into the good land, which I swore to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy themselves; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.
Deuteronomy 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He brought them up on the strength of the land; He fed them with the fruits of the fields; They sucked honey out of the rock, And oil out of the solid rock.
Joshua 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord swore to give to their fathers, even a land flowing with milk and honey.
Judges 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey were in the mouth of the lion.
Judges 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
Judges 14:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and Samson said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye would not have known my riddle.
1 Kingdoms 14:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it into the honeycomb, and returned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes recovered their sight.
1 Kingdoms 14:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight now that I have tasted a little of this honey.
1 Kingdoms 14:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done: and Jonathan told him, and said, I did indeed taste a little honey, with the end of my staff that was in my hand, and, lo! I am to die.
2 Kingdoms 17:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.
4 Kingdoms 18:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until I come and remove you to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey, and ye shall live and not die: and do not ye hearken to Hezekiah, for he deceives you, saying, The Lord shall deliver you.
2 Chronicles 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly firstfruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Judah brought tithes of everything abundantly.
Job 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let him not see the milk of the pastures, Nor the supplies of honey and butter.
Psalms 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone: Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms 80:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; And satisfied them with honey out of the rock.
Psalms 118:103 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! More so than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For honey drops from the lips of a harlot, Who for a season pleases thy palate:
Proverbs 16:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Good words are honeycombs, And the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.
Proverbs 24:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, That thy throat may be sweetened.
Proverbs 32:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proverbs 32:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Song of Solomon 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my kinsman come down into his garden, And eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; Yea, brethren, drink abundantly.
Isaiah 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil, or choose the good.
Isaiah 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, that everyone that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey.
Jeremiah 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that I may confirm mine oath, which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O Lord.
Jeremiah 39:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou gavest them this land, which thou didst swear to give to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Jeremiah 48:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But ten men were found there, and they said to Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he passed by, and slew them not in the midst of their brethren.
Ezekiel 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thy mouth shall eat, and thy belly shall be filled with this volume that is given to thee. So I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet honey.
Ezekiel 16:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So thou wast adorned with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and variegated work: thou didst eat fine flour, and oil, and honey, and didst become extremely beautiful.
Ezekiel 16:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou tookest my bread which I gave thee (yea I fed thee with fine flour and oil and honey) and didst set them before them for a sweet-smelling savor: yea, it was so, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in that day I helped them with my hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land which I prepared for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is abundant beyond every land.
Ezekiel 20:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all, that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is sweeter than all lands:
Ezekiel 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Judah and the children of Israel, these were thy merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to thy trading population.
Matthew 3:4 New Testament, KJV
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Mark 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Revelation 10:9 New Testament, KJV
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation 10:10 New Testament, KJV
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For my memorial is sweeter than honey, And mine inheritance than the honeycomb.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The principal things for the whole use of man’s life Are water, fire, iron, and salt, Flour of wheat, honey, milk, And the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
Wisdom of Sirach 46:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved To bring them into the heritage, Even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The remembrance of Josiah is like the composition of the perfume That is made by the art of the apothecary: It is sweet as honey in all mouths, And as music at a banquet of wine.
Baruch 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore the evils clove unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3192, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3192 FAQ

What does meli (μέλι) mean?

Meli (Strong's G3192) is a Greek word most simply glossed "honey". meli (mel'-ee) n. 1. honey [apparently a primary word]

How many times is meli (μέλι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 62 linked usages for Strong's G3192 across 23 books.

Where can I study meli (μέλι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3192 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate meli (μέλι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as honey. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3192 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 53 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3192, with linked reader references where each row is available.