STRONGS H4966:
Abbreviations
†
מָתוֺק adjective sweet, and
noun [
masculine]
sweetness (on form see Lag
BN 30, 60, compare Ba
NB 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).
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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
