King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4966
Transliteration: mathoq or mathuq
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-thoke')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine
Short Definition: sweet, sweetness
Meaning: sweet, sweetness
Word Summary
mathoq or mathuq: sweet, sweetness
Original Word: מָתוֹקTransliteration: mathoq or mathuq
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-thoke')
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine
Short Definition: sweet, sweetness
Meaning: sweet, sweetness
Strong's Concordance
sweeter, Or mathuwq {maw-thook'}; from mathaq; sweet -- sweet(-er, -ness).
see HEBREW mathaq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4966. mathoq
or mathuq מָתוֺק adjective sweet, and
noun [masculine] sweetness (on form see Lag BN 30, 60, compare BaNB 13, 36); — absolute ׳מ Judges 14:14 9t.; feminine מְתוּקָה Ecclesiastes 5:11; plural מְתוּקִים Psalm 19:11; —
1 sweet, of honey Judges 14:14 (where ׳מ = substantive a sweet thing), 14:18 (both Samson's riddle), Proverbs 24:13; so = sweetness, Ezekiel 3:3; more Generally, מ ׳כָּלמַֿר 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) מ ׳וּפִרְיוֺ לְחִכִּי Song of Solomon 2:3 (i.e his caresses); לְמ מַר ׳שָׂמִים ׳וּמ לְמָ֑ר Isaiah 5:20 making bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter (obscuring moral distinctions; "" רָ֑ע וְלַטּוֺב טוֺב לָרַע הָאֹמְרִים).
2 = pleasant, sleep of the toiler Ecclesiastes 5:11; light 1:17 ("" אֶתהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִרְאוֺת לַעֵינַיִם טוֺב).