More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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נֹפֶת
H5317 · nôpheth · no'-feth · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
KJV usage
honeycomb.
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Mapped occurrences
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.