Revelation 10:10
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“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.”
λαμβάνω
Receive, take, accept. Lambanō. What God offers must be actively received, not merely acknowledged. Reach out and take hold.
χείρ
hand
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χείρ
Hand. Cheir. Into Your hands I commit my spirit. The hands that made the universe were the hands that were nailed to the cross. He gave everything including His hands.
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κατεσθίω
I ate
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κατεσθίω
Devour, consume utterly. Katesthiō. What devours can be literal hunger or a slow spiritual erosion. Guard what you feed and what feeds on you.
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εἰμί
it was
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εἰμί
To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.
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στόμα
mouth
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στόμα
the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
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μέ
of mine
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μέ
No, not, never. Mé. The softest Greek negative, used to deny what is possible or expected. When God says no, he means it.
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μέλι
honey
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μέλι
Honey. Méli. John the Baptist ate wild honey in the wilderness, and the promised land flowed with it. What sustains you in barren places can also mark the land of promise. Receive both.
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γλυκύς
sweet;
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γλυκύς
Sweet, not bitter. Glykýs. The same mouth should not pour forth both blessing and cursing, both sweet water and bitter. Let what flows from you be pure.
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ὅτε
when
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ὅτε
When, at the time when, after. When the fullness of time had come God sent His Son. God's timing is always right. He never acts too early or too late.
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φάγω
I had eaten
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φάγω
To eat, consume. Phagō. Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. What you consume shapes you. Feed carefully.
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πικραίνω
was made bitter
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πικραίνω
Embitter, make bitter. Pikraínō. Husbands are warned not to embitter their wives; fathers, not to embitter their children. Bitterness poisons the one who harbors it most. Root it out before it takes hold.
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κοιλία
stomach
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κοιλία
Belly, womb, innermost being. Koilía. From the physical depths of hunger to the hidden springs of the heart, Scripture uses this word to name what drives us from within. What fills your koilía shapes you.
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