Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4966
מָתוֹק
ma.toq · “sweet”
Used 12 times across 7 books
Definition
adj
1) sweet
n m
2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)
1) sweet
n m
2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)
Where it appears
Judges2
Psalms1
Proverbs3
Ecclesiastes2
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah2
Ezekiel1
In the text
Judges 14:14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.Judges 14:18And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:Proverbs 27:7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Ecclesiastes 5:11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.Isaiah 5:20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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