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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Honey bees and honey abounded in Palestine (Deut. 1:44⁴⁴And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. (Deuteronomy 1:44); 1 Kings 14:3³And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. (1 Kings 14:3); Psa. 81:16¹⁶He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. (Psalm 81:16); Isa. 7:15,18¹⁵Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. (Isaiah 7:15)
¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. (Isaiah 7:18)).

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The well-known insect that supplies honey. They are referred to symbolically as chasing and surrounding an enemy, and the painfulness of their attacks has often been experienced (Deut. 1:44⁴⁴And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. (Deuteronomy 1:44); Judg. 14:8⁸And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. (Judges 14:8); Psa. 118:12¹²They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. (Psalm 118:12); Isa. 7:18¹⁸And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. (Isaiah 7:18)). Bees abound in Palestine, making their nests in the woods and in the clefts of the rocks, which habit well illustrates the description of the land as “flowing with milk and honey” (1 Sam. 14:26²⁶And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. (1 Samuel 14:26)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1682 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

dbowrah

Phonic:

deb-o-raw’

Meaning:

or (shortened) dborah {deb-o-raw'}; from 1696 (in the sense of orderly motion); the bee (from its systematic instincts)

KJV Usage:

bee