H4966: מָתוֹק

Extended definition

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4966 is translated

• is sweet ×5
• sweet ×4
• a sweet thing ×2
• was sweet ×1

Bible verses with H4966 (mâthôwq)

Mâthôwq appears in 11 verses.

• Judges 14:14

  And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

• Judges 14:18

  And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

• Psalms 19:10

  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

• Proverbs 16:24

  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Proverbs 24:13

  My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

• Proverbs 27:7

  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

• Ecclesiastes 5:12

  The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

• Ecclesiastes 11:7

  Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

• Song of Solomon 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 delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

• Isaiah 5:20

  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

• Ezekiel 3:3

  And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.