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precluded from offerings to God, Lev. 2:11. The liquid “honey” mentioned in Ps. 19:10
and Prov. 16:24 is regarded as the best; a cruse of it was part of the present brought to
Ahijah by Jeroboam’s wife, 1 Kings 14:3.
HONEYCOMB
(
&
, 3193), signifying “made by bees” from
, “a bee,” is
found, with
, “a comb,” in some mss. in Luke 24:42.¶
HONOR (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
)
, 5092), primarily “a valuing,” hence, objectively, (a) “a price paid or
received,” e.g., Matt. 27:6, 9; Acts 4:34; 5:2, 3; 7:16,
RV
, “price” (
KJV
, “sum”); 19:19; 1
Cor. 6:20; 7:23; (b) of “the preciousness of Christ” unto believers, 1 Pet. 2:7,
RV
, i.e., the
honor and inestimable value of Christ as appropriated by believers, who are joined, as
living stones, to Him the cornerstone; (c) in the sense of value, of human ordinances,
valueless against the indulgence of the fiesh, or, perhaps of no value in attempts at
asceticism, Col. 2:23 (see extended note under
INDULGENCE
, No. 2); (d) “honor, esteem,”
(1) used in ascriptions of worship to God, 1 Tim. 1:17; 6:16; Rev. 4:9, 11; 5:13; 7:12; to
Christ, 5:12, 13; (2) bestowed upon Christ by the Father, Heb. 2:9; 2 Pet. 1:17; (3)
bestowed upon man, Heb. 2:7; (4) bestowed upon Aaronic priests, Heb. 5:4; (5) to be the
reward hereafter of “the proof of faith” on the part of tried saints, 1 Pet. 1:7,
RV
; (6) used
of the believer who as a vessel is “meet for the Master’s use,” 2 Tim. 2:21; (7) to be the
reward of patience in well-doing, Rom. 2:7, and of working good (a perfect life to which
man cannot attain, so as to be justified before God thereby), 2:10; (8) to be given to all to
whom it is due, Rom. 13:7 (see 1 Pet. 2:17, under B, No. 1); (9) as an advantage to be
given by believers one to another instead of claiming it for self, Rom. 12:10; (10) to be
given to elders that rule well (“double honor”), 1 Tim. 5:17 (here the meaning may be an
honorarium); (11) to be given by servants to their master, 1 Tim. 6:1; (12) to be given to
wives by husbands, 1 Pet. 3:7; (13) said of the husband’s use of the wife, in contrast to
the exercise of the passion of lust, 1 Thess. 4:4 (some regard the “vessel” here as the
believer’s body); (14) of that bestowed upon; parts of the body, 1 Cor. 12:23, 24; (15) of
that which belongs to the builder of a house in contrast to the house itself, Heb. 3:3; (16)
of that which is not enjoyed by a prophet in his own country, John 4:44; (17) of that
bestowed by the inhabitants of Melita upon Paul and his fellow-passengers, in gratitude
for his benefits of healing, Acts 28:10; (18) of the festive honor to be possessed by
nations, and brought into the Holy City, the heavenly Jerusalem, Rev. 21:26 (in some
mss., v. 24); (19) of honor bestowed upon things inanimate, a potters’ vessel, Rom. 9:21;
2 Tim. 2:20. See
PRECIOUSNESS
,
PRICE
,
SUM
,
VALUE
.¶
Note:
For
, “in honor,” see
HONORABLE
, No. 2.
2.
@
(
, 1391), “glory,” is translated “honor” in the
KJV
of John 5:41, 44
(twice); 8:54; 2 Cor. 6:8, and Rev. 19:7; the
RV
keeps to the word “glory,” as the
KJV
everywhere else. See
GLORY
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
1
, 5091), “to honor” (akin to A, No. 1), is used of (a) valuing Christ at
a price, Matt. 27:9, cf. A, No. 1, (a); (b) “honoring” a person: (1) the “honor” done by
Christ to the Father, John 8:49; (2) “honor” bestowed by the Father upon him who serves