Quick Definition
be sweet
Strong's Definition
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.
TWOT Reference: 1268
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be or become sweet or pleasing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or become sweet
1a2) to be or become pleasant
1a3) to suck
1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be or become sweet or pleasing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or become sweet
1a2) to be or become pleasant
1a3) to suck
1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste
Also means: ma.taq (מָתָק "to sweeten" H4988)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָתַק
mâthaq
BDB Definition:
1) to be or become sweet or pleasing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or become sweet
1a2) to be or become pleasant
1a3) to suck
1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1268
Total KJV Occurrences: 5