H4966Adjective12 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Judges 14:14מָתוֹק
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.
- Psalm 19:10וּמְתוּקִים
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Proverbs 16:24מָתוֹק
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12מְתוּקָה
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
- Song of Songs 2:3מָתוֹק
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- Isaiah 5:20לְמָתוֹק
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.