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Lexicon :: Strong's H4966 - māṯôq

Aa
מָתוֹק
Transliteration
māṯôq
Pronunciation
maw-thoke'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1268c

Strong’s Definitions

מָתוֹק mâthôwq, maw-thoke'; or מָתוּק mâthûwq; from H4985; sweet:—sweet(-er, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H4966 in the following manner: sweet (8x), sweeter (2x), sweetness (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H4966 in the following manner: sweet (8x), sweeter (2x), sweetness (2x).
adjective

  1. sweet

    masculine noun

  2. sweetness, pleasant (thing)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָתוֹק mâthôwq, maw-thoke'; or מָתוּק mâthûwq; from H4985; sweet:—sweet(-er, -ness).
STRONGS H4966: Abbreviations
† מָתוֺק adjective sweet, and noun [masculine] sweetness (on form see Lag BN 30, 60, compare BaNB 13, 36); — absolute מ׳ Judges 14:14 + 9 times; 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׳ Songs 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

14:14; 14:14; 14:18

Psalms

19:11; 19:11

Proverbs

16:24; 24:13; 27:7

Ecclesiastes

1:17; 5:11; 5:11

Song of Songs

2:3

Isaiah

5:20

Ezekiel

3:3

H4966

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4966 matches the Hebrew מָתוֹק (māṯôq),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said H559 to them,
“Out of the eater H398 came H3318 something H3978 to eat, H3978
And out of the strong H5794 came H3318 something H4966 sweet.” H4966
But they could H3201 not tell H5046 the riddle H2420 in three H7969 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,
“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey? H1706
And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion?” H738
And he said H559 to them,
“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer, H5697
You would not have found H4672 out my riddle.” H2420

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - They are more H4480 desirable H2530 than H4480 gold, H2091 yes, than H4480 much H7227 fine H6337 gold; H6337
Sweeter H4966 also than H4480 honey H1706 and the drippings H5317 of the honeycomb. H6688

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:24 - Pleasant H5278 words H561 are a honeycomb, H1706 H6688
Sweet H4966 to the soul H5315 and healing H4832 to the bones. H6106

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:13 - My son, H1121 eat H398 honey, H1706 for it is good, H2896
Yes, the honey H5317 from the comb H5317 is sweet H4966 to your taste; H2441

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - A sated H7649 [fn]man H5315 [fn]loathes H947 honey, H5317
But to a famished H7457 [fn]man H5315 any H3605 bitter H4751 thing H4751 is sweet. H4966

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep H8142 of the working H5647 man is pleasant, H4966 whether H518 he eats H398 little H4592 or much; H7235 but the [fn]full H7647 stomach H7647 of the rich H6223 man H6223 does not allow H5117 him to sleep. H3462

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 - The light H216 is pleasant, H4966 and it is good H2896 for the eyes H5869 to see H7200 the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - “[fn]Like an [fn]apple H8598 tree H8598 among the trees H6086 of the forest, H3293
So H3651 is my beloved H1730 among H996 the [fn]young H1121 men. H1121
In his shade H6738 I took H2530 great delight H2530 and sat H3427 down, H3427
And his fruit H6529 was sweet H4966 to my [fn]taste. H2441

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe H1945 to those who call H559 evil H7451 good, H2896 and good H2896 evil; H7451
Who [fn]substitute H7760 darkness H2822 for light H216 and light H216 for darkness; H2822
Who [fn]substitute H7760 bitter H4751 for sweet H4966 and sweet H4966 for bitter! H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man, H120 feed H398 your stomach H990 and fill H4390 your [fn]body H4578 with this H2088 scroll H4039 which H834 I am giving H5414 you.” Then I ate H398 it, and it was sweet H4966 as honey H1706 in my mouth. H6310
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