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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4986 - מָתֵק

Transliteration

metheq

Phonetics

meh'-thek

Origin

from (H4985)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1268a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

sweetness

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Proverbs 2

BSB (2)

Proverbs 2

CSB (2)

Proverbs 2

ESV (2)

Proverbs 2

KJV (2)

Proverbs 2

LEB (2)

Proverbs 2

LSB (2)

Proverbs 2

N95 (2)

Proverbs 2

NAS (2)

Proverbs 2

NLT (0)

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

WEB (2)

Proverbs 2

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

מֶ֫תֶק noun masculine^{Proverbs 16:21} sweetness; construct שְׂפָתַיִם׳מ Proverbs 16:21i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so probably רֵעֵהוּ׳מ Proverbs 27:9 the sweetness of one's friend, i.e. of his speech.

List of Word Forms

וּמֶ֥תֶק ומתק ū·me·ṯeq uMetek ūmeṯeq