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nopheth: Honeycomb

Original Word: נֹפֶת
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: nopheth
Pronunciation: NO-feth
Phonetic Spelling: (no'-feth)
KJV: honeycomb
NASB: honey, drippings, honey from the comb
Word Origin: [from H5130 (נוּף - wave) in the sense of shaking to pieces]

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
honeycomb

From nuwph in the sense of shaking to pieces; a dripping i.e. Of honey (from the comb) -- honeycomb.

see HEBREW nuwph

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
flowing honey, honey from the comb
NASB Translation
drippings (1), honey (3), honey from the comb (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
נֹ֫פֶת noun masculineProverbs 24:13 flowing honey, honey from the comb (Phoenician נפת CISi.166, 8b); — ׳נ absolute Proverbs 5:3 3t., construct Psalm 19:11; — sweet Proverbs 24:13 ("" דְּבַשׁ), compare Proverbs 27:7; figurative of sweet words Proverbs 5:3, and perhaps Songs 4:11 (Bu of kisses; "" דְּבַשׁ, חָלָב); in full ׳נ צוּפִים Psalm 19:11 honey of (the) combs (compare with ׳מִשְׁפְטֵי י; "" דְּבַשׁ).

נֶפְתּוֺחַ see פתח.

נַמְּתּוּלִים, נַפְתָּלִי see פתל.

Forms and Transliterations
וְנֹ֣פֶת וְנֹ֥פֶת ונפת נֹ֑פֶת נֹ֛פֶת נֹ֣פֶת נפת nō·p̄eṯ Nofet nōp̄eṯ veNofet wə·nō·p̄eṯ wənōp̄eṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
Psalm 19:10
HEB: וּמְתוּקִ֥ים מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁ וְנֹ֣פֶת צוּפִֽים׃
NAS: honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
INT: Sweeter honey and the drippings of the honeycomb

Proverbs 5:3
HEB: כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י
NAS: drip honey And smoother
KJV: drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth
INT: for honey drip the lips

Proverbs 24:13
HEB: כִּי־ ט֑וֹב וְנֹ֥פֶת מָ֝ת֗וֹק עַל־
NAS: for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet
KJV: because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet
INT: for is good the honey is sweet unto

Proverbs 27:7
HEB: שְׂ֭בֵעָה תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה
NAS: loathes honey, But to a famished
KJV: loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry
INT: A sated loathes honey man to a famished

Songs 4:11
HEB: נֹ֛פֶת תִּטֹּ֥פְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַ֖יִךְ
NAS: [my] bride, drip honey; Honey and milk
KJV: drop [as] the honeycomb: honey
INT: honey drip your lips

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5317
5 Occurrences


nō·p̄eṯ — 3 Occ.
wə·nō·p̄eṯ — 2 Occ.

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