Sweet
מָתוֹקStrong’s H4966matoq (ma-toq)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matoq is the Hebrew word usually translated “sweet” and “into sweet”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Sweet
- Sweetness, pleasant (thing)
How it's translated
- sweet 5
- and sweet 3
- a sweet 2
- into sweet 1
- to sweet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 3
- Judges 2
- Ecclesiastes 2
- Psalms 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Isaiah 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 14:18And 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 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
- Proverbs 27:7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12The 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.
Hebrew dictionary
מָתוֹק matoq · sweet
adj 1) sweet n m 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sweet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWEET, adjective
[Latin suavis.]
- Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet
- Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
- Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.
- Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form.
All definitions and other forms of “sweet”
- Fresh; not salt; as sweet water.
- Not sour; as sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
- Mild; soft; gentle.“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?” Job 38:31
- Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as sweet manners.
- Grateful; pleasing.
- Making soft or excellent music; as a sweet singer.
- Not stale; as sweet butter.
- Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk.
- Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet
SWEET, noun
Something pleasing or grateful to the mind; as the sweets of domestic life.
- A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them.
- A perfume.
- A word of endearment.
- Cane juice, melasses, or other sweet vegetable substance.
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.