Revelation 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. [kjv]
και απηλθον απηλθα προς τον αγγελον λεγων αυτω δος δουναι μοι το βιβλαριδιον και λεγει μοι λαβε και καταφαγε αυτο και πικρανει σου την κοιλιαν αλλ εν τω στοματι σου εσται γλυκυ ως μελι [gnt]
10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. [kjv]
και ελαβον το βιβλαριδιον εκ της χειρος του αγγελου και κατεφαγον αυτο και ην εν τω στοματι μου ως μελι γλυκυ και οτε εφαγον αυτο επικρανθη η κοιλια μου [gnt]
The
ancient Greek word
"μέλι" ≈ "honey" and, in general, anything sweet.
The
ancient Greek word
"γλυκύς" ≈ "sweet" and is from the
PIE root
"*GLEWKUS" ≈ "sweet". It is related to the Latin word
"dulcis" ≈ "sweet". The
modern Greek word
"γλυκός" (ghlee-KOS) ≈ "sweet". Related English words are "
glucose" and "
hypoglycemic".