H4985: מָתַק
mâthaq · pronounced maw-thak' · “be sweet”
Definition
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
KJV translates it as: be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or become sweet
1a2) to be or become pleasant
1a3) to suck
1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste
Also means: ma.taq (מָתָק "to sweeten" H4988)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4985 is translated
- they became sweet ×1
- it is sweet ×1
- they will be sweet ×1
- him ×1
- we made sweet ×1
- they are sweet ×1
Bible verses with H4985 (mâthaq)
Mâthaq appears in 6 verses.
- Exodus 15:25
And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
- Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Job 21:33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
- Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
- Psalms 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.