HebrewH4966Adjective

מָתוֹק

ma.toq

9Occurrences
H4966Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sweet

or מָתוּק; from H4985 (מָתַק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adj 1) sweet n m 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

מָתוֹק appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Proverbs
3
Judges
2
Ecclesiastes
1
Ezk
1
Isaiah
1
Song of Solomon
1

Key Passages

Ecclesiastes 11:7BSB

Light is sweet,and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

Ezk 3:3BSB

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Isaiah 5:20BSB

Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil,who turn darkness to lightand light to darkness,who replace bitter with sweetand sweet with bitter.

Judges 14:14BSB

So he said to them:“Out of the eater came something to eat,and out of the strong came something sweet.”For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.

Judges 14:18BSB

Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson:“What is sweeter than honey?And what is stronger than a lion?”So he said to them:“If you had not plowed with my heifer,you would not have solved my riddle!”

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