[huhn-ee] 
noun, plural hon⋅eys, adjective, verb, hon⋅eyed or hon⋅ied, hon⋅ey⋅ing.| 1. | a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food. |
| 2. | this substance as used in cooking or as a spread or sweetener. |
| 3. | the nectar of flowers. |
| 4. | any of various similarly sweet, viscid products produced by insects or in other ways. |
| 5. | something sweet, delicious, or delightful: the honey of flattery. |
| 6. | Informal. a person for whom one feels love or deep affection; sweetheart; darling. |
| 7. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female). |
| 8. | Informal. something of esp. high quality, degree of excellence, etc.: That's a honey of a computer. |
| 9. | of, like, or pertaining to honey; sweet. |
| 10. | containing honey or flavored or sweetened with honey. |
| 11. | Informal. to talk flatteringly or endearingly to (often fol. by up). |
| 12. | to sweeten or flavor with or as if with honey. |
| 13. | Informal. to use flattery, endearing terms, etc., in an effort to obtain something (often fol. by up): They always got what they wanted by honeying up to their grandfather. |
| hon·ey (hŭn'ē) n. pl. hon·eys
[Middle English honi, from Old English hunig.] |
honey
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Honey
(1.) Heb. ya'ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods. (2.) Nopheth, honey that drops (Ps. 19:10; Prov. 5:3; Cant. 4:11). (3.) Debash denotes bee-honey (Judg. 14:8); but also frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees (Gen. 43:11; Ezek. 27:17). In these passages it may probably mean "dibs," or syrup of grapes, i.e., the juice of ripe grapes boiled down to one-third of its bulk. (4.) Tsuph, the cells of the honey-comb full of honey (Prov. 16:24; Ps. 19:10). (5.) "Wild honey" (Matt. 3:4) may have been the vegetable honey distilled from trees, but rather was honey stored by bees in rocks or in trees (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16; 1 Sam. 14:25-29). Canaan was a "land flowing with milk and honey" (Ex. 3:8). Milk and honey were among the chief dainties in the earlier ages, as they are now among the Bedawin; and butter and honey are also mentioned among articles of food (Isa. 7:15). The ancients used honey instead of sugar (Ps. 119:103; Prov. 24:13); but when taken in great quantities it caused nausea, a fact referred to in Prov. 25:16, 17 to inculcate moderation in pleasures. Honey and milk also are put for sweet discourse (Cant. 4:11).