To smooth
מָלַץStrong’s H4452malats (ma-lats)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Malats is the Hebrew word usually translated “are smooth”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
Meaning
- To be smooth, be slippery(Niphal) to be smooth (agreeable, pleasant)
How it's translated
- they are smooth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מָלַץ malats · to smooth
1) to be smooth, be slippery 1a) (Niphal) to be smooth (agreeable, pleasant)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “smooth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SMOOTH, adjective
[Latin mitis.]
- Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points are perceptible to the touch; not rough; as smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
- To free from obstruction; to make easy.
- To free from harshness; to make flowing.
- To palliate; to soften; as, to smooth a fault.
All definitions
- To calm; to mollify; to allay.
- To ease.
- To flatter; to soften with blandishments.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.