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Strong's #4966 - מָתוּק

Transliteration

mâthôwq

Phonetics

maw-thoke', maw-thook'

Origin

from (H4985)

Parts of Speech

adjective, masculine noun

TWOT

1268c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1099 ‑ γλυκύς (gloo‑koos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (12)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

BSB (12)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

CSB (12)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

ESV (11)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

KJV (11)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (12)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

LSB (13)

Judges 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

N95 (12)

Judges 3

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

NAS (13)

Judges 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (12)

Judges 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 1

ASV (12)

and sweet 1

for sweet 1

for sweetness 1

is sweet 3

sweet 1

sweeter 1

sweetness 1

was sweet 1

what is sweeter 1

which are sweet 1

BSB (12)

and sweet 1

as sweet 1

is sweet 5

is sweeter 1

something sweet 1

sweet 1

they are sweeter 1

with sweet 1

CSB (12)

is sweet 4

sweet 6

sweeter 2

ESV (11)

something sweet 1

sweet 7

sweeter 2

sweetness 1

KJV (11)

sweet 7

sweeter 2

sweetness 2

LEB (12)

⌊like sweet 1

and sweet 1

and sweeter 1

for sweet 1

is pleasant 1

is sweet 3

is sweeter 1

sweet 1

sweetness 1

was sweet 1

LSB (13)

something 1

sweet 10

sweeter 2

N95 (12)

pleasant 2

something 1

sweet 8

sweeter 1

NAS (13)

pleasant 1

something 1

sweet 9

sweeter 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (12)

and sweet 1

for sweet 1

is sweet 3

sweet 1

sweeter 1

sweetness 1

was sweet 1

what is sweeter 1

which are sweet 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2364) q t m (מתק MTQ) AC: ? CO: Sweet AB: ?

V) q t m (מתק MTQ) - Sweet: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) sweet - Strongs: H4985 (מָתַק), H4988 (מָתַק)

N^m) q t m (מתק MTQ) - Sweetness: KJV (2): sweetness - Strongs: H4986 (מָתֵק)

a^m) q t m m (ממתק MMTQ) - Sweet: KJV (2): sweet - Strongs: H4477 (מַמְתַקִּים)

c^m) q f t m (מתוק MTWQ) - Sweet: KJV (12): sweetness, sweeter, sweet - Strongs: H4966 (מָתוּק)

d^m) q f t m (מתוק MTWQ) - Sweet: KJV (12): sweeter, sweet, sweetness - Strongs: H4966 (מָתוּק)

g^m) q t f m (מותק MWTQ) - Sweetness: KJV (1): sweetness - Strongs: H4987 (מֹתֶק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָתוֺק adjective sweet, and

noun [masculine] sweetness (on form see Lag^{BN 30,60}, compare Ba^{NB 13,36}); — absolute ׳מ Judges 14:14 9t.; feminine מְתוּקָה Ecclesiastes 5:11; plural מְתוּקִים Psalm 19:11; —

1 sweet, of honey Judges 14:14 (where ׳מ = substantive a sweet thing), Judges 14:18 (both Samson's riddle), Proverbs 24:13; so = sweetness, Ezekiel 3:3; more Generally, ׳כָּלמַֿר מ Proverbs 27:7 every bitter thing is sweet to one hungry; figurative Psalm 19:11 (God's commandments, sweeter than honey), compare Proverbs 16:24 (simile of pleasant words) לְחִכִּי׳וּפִרְיוֺ מ Song of Solomon 2:3 (i.e his caresses); לְמָ֑ר׳וּמ ׳שָׂמִים מַר לְמ Isaiah 5:20 making bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter (obscuring moral distinctions; "" הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טוֺב וְלַטּוֺב רָ֑ע).

2 = pleasant, sleep of the toiler Ecclesiastes 5:11; light Ecclesiastes 1:17 ("" טוֺב לַעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֺת אֶתהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ).

List of Word Forms

וּמְתוּקִ֥ים וּמָת֖וֹק וּמָת֥וֹק ומתוק ומתוקים לְמָת֖וֹק לְמָתֽוֹק׃ למתוק למתוק׃ מְתוּקָה֙ מָ֝ת֗וֹק מָּת֣וֹק מָת֑וֹק מָת֥וֹק מָתֽוֹק׃ מתוק מתוק׃ מתוקה lə·mā·ṯō·wq lemaTok ləmāṯōwq mā·ṯō·wq maTok māṯōwq mə·ṯū·qāh metuKah məṯūqāh ū·mā·ṯō·wq ū·mə·ṯū·qîm umaTok ūmāṯōwq umetuKim ūməṯūqîm