Honeycomb
צוּףStrong’s H6688tsuph
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsuph is the Hebrew word usually translated “honeycombs” and “honeycomb of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
Meaning
- Honeycomb
How it's translated
- honeycombs 1
- a honeycomb of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
צוּף tsuph · honeycomb
honeycomb
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “honeycomb” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HON'EY-COMB, noun
A substance of a firm, close texture, formed by bees into hexagonal cells for repositories of honey, and for the eggs which produce their young.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.