honeycomb

But Ionathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath; wherefore he put foorth the ende of the rodde that was in his hand, and dipt it in an hony combe, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes were enlightened.

More to bee desired are they then gold, yea, then much fine gold: sweeter also then hony, and the hony combe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the dropping of hony combes.

1611 marginal notePsal.119.72. & 127 and 103. prou. 8.19.

¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.

1611 marginal noteHeb. palate

1611 marginal noteChap.2.16. and 6.24.

Pleasant words are as an honycombe, sweete to the soule, and health to the bones.

My sonne, eate thou honie, because it is good, and the honie combe, which is sweete to thy taste.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon thy palate.

1611 marginal notePsal.19.9. & 119.103.

The full soule loatheth an honie combe: but to the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

1611 marginal noteHeb. treadeth vnder foote.

1611 marginal noteIob 6.7.

Thy lips, O my spouse! drop as the hony combe: hony and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

¶ I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse, I haue gathered my Myrrhe with my spice, I haue eaten my honie combe with my hony, I haue drunke my wine with my milke: eate, O friends, drinke, yea drinke abundantly, O beloued!

1611 marginal noteOr, and be drunken with loues.

And they gaue him a piece of a broyled fish, and of an hony combe.