# H4966 מָתוֹק

מָתוֹק (mâthôwq), Strong’s H4966: sweet KJV: sweet(-er, -ness).. Occurs 12 times.

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*mâthôwq* — sweet

KJV: sweet(-er, -ness).

Derived from [מָתַק mâthaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H4985) (to suck, by implication, to relish)

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָתוֹק adj. sweet, and n.[m.] sweetness

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 14:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/19?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=24) — Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- [Proverbs 24:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/24?v=13) — My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
- [Proverbs 27:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/27?v=7) — A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
- [Song of Songs 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/5?v=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…