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The Definition of the word Bee

Bee

First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of "their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a" swarm of bees in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg. 14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the "fly and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and" "Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel."


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