Word Summary
kērion: honeycomb
Original Word: κηρίονTransliteration: kērion
Phonetic Spelling: (kay-ree'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: honeycomb
Meaning: honeycomb
Strong's Concordance
honeycomb.
Diminutive from keos (wax); a cell for honey, i.e. (collectively) the comb -- (honey-)comb.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2781: κηρίονκηρίον,
κηρίου,
τό (
κηρός wax), from
Hesiod and
Herodotus down,
honeycomb:
κηρίον μελισσιον, a honeycomb (still containing the honey),
Luke 24:42 R G Tr brackets (
1 Samuel 14:27;
Proverbs 16:24;
Proverbs 24:13).