κηρίον
ἐπιφᾶναι τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις, τοῦ κατευθῦναι τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης → to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace | to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace
English (LSJ)
τό, κηρός)
A honeycomb, mostly in pl., h.Merc.559, Hes.Th. 597, Hdt.5.114, etc.; κ. καὶ λίβανον, as offerings, Supp.Epigr.3.774 (Crete, i B.C.): sg., Pl.R.552c, Theoc.19.2, IG5(2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B.C.); τὸ κ. τοῦ μέλιτος LXX 1 Ki.14.27; used in Medicine, Hp. Morb.2.45, 3.17; παιδίον κηρίῳ βεβυσμένον having its mouth stopped with a piece of honeycomb, Ar.Th.506, cf. Sch. ad loc., Sor.1.86; κ. σφηκῶν Hdt.2.92: κηρία, τά, honey, Hippon.36, Aristo ap.Ath.2.38f. 2 metaph., of a book of poems, AP9.190: pl., title of Anthologies, Gell.Praef.6. 3 metaph., of anything pleasant, τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τὸ κ. Lib.Ep.112.1. II a cutaneous disease, = μελικηρίς, Dsc.2.135 (pl.), Gal.7.728, al.
