# נֹפֶת (nofet)

Israeli respelling: no-fet. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5317. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: honeycomb.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nofet-h5317

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/10) — More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- [Proverbs 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/3) — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- [Proverbs 24:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/13) — My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
- [Proverbs 27:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/7) — The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- [Song of Solomon 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/11) — 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 Leban…