H4966 - מָתוֹק (mâthôwq)

H4966 מָתוֹק (mâthôwq) maw-thoke'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

sweet

Strong's Definition

sweet

Derivation: or מָתוּק; from H4985 (מָתַק);

KJV Usage: sweet(-er, -ness).

TWOT Reference: 1268c

Outline of Biblical Usage

adj

1) sweet

n m

2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1099

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

adj 1) sweet n m 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָתוּק / מָתוֹק mâthôq / mâthûq BDB Definition: 1) sweet (adjective) 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing) (noun masculine) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4985 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1268c Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (10)

14:14 14:18

19:10

16:24 24:13 27:7

5:12 11:7

5:20

3:3

Judges 14:14

So he said to them: Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet. For three days they were unable... to explain the riddle.

Judges 14:18

Before sunset... on the seventh day, the men of the city said to [Samson]: What is sweeter than honey? And what [is] stronger than a lion? So he said to them: If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb..., sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Proverbs 24:13

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 27:7

The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.