H4966 מָתוֹק
mâthôwq — sweet
KJV: sweet(-er, -ness).
Derived from מָתַק mâthaq (to suck, by implication, to relish)
Occurs 12 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָתוֹק adj. sweet, and n.[m.] sweetness
Where it occurs
- Judges 14:14 — He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days…
- Judges 14:18 — The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is…
- Isaiah 5:20 — Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for…
- Ezekiel 3:3 — He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate…
- Psalms 19:11 — They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the…
- Proverbs 16:24 — Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 24:13 — My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
- Proverbs 27:7 — A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
- Song of Songs 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great…
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 — The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him…