Sweetness
מַמְתַֿקִּיםStrong’s H4477mamtaq (mam-taq)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mamtaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “sweet things” and “sweetness”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Meaning
- Sweetness, sweet thing
How it's translated
- sweet things 1
- sweetness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 1
- Song of Solomon 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מַמְתַֿקִּים mamtaq · sweetness
sweetness, sweet thing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sweetness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWEE'TNESS, noun
The quality of being sweet, in any of its senses; as gratefulness to the taste; or to the smell, fragrance; agreeableness to the ear, melody; as sweetness of the voice; sweetness of elocution.
- Agreeableness of manners; softness; mildness; obliging civility; as sweetness of behavior.
- Softness; mildness; amiableness; as sweetness of temper.
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.