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κηρίον

MainId: 002794000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002794001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: κηρίον

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002794001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 5.21

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Foods and Condiments

      LEXSubDomains: Food

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-07 10:42:44

         Glosses: honeycomb

         Comments: This word is found as a variant reading only: οἱ δὲ ἐπέδωκαν αὐτῷ … ἀπὸ μελισσίου κηρίου ‘and they gave him … some honeycomb’ {S:04202404200014} (apparatus); see {D:4.50}. In rendering κηρίον it is important to employ an expression which will include both the honey and the comb. A literal rendering of ‘honeycomb’ might refer only to the wax container without the honey, but for many languages a term meaning simply ‘honey’ also refers to the honeycomb.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 24:42