Be sweet
מָתֹקStrong’s H4985mataq (ma-taq)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mataq is the Hebrew word usually translated “became sweet”, “it is sweet” and “sweet”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“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,”
Meaning
- To be or become sweet or pleasing(Qal) · (Hiphil) to give sweet taste
How it's translated
- and they became sweet 1
- it is sweet 1
- they will be sweet 1
- it sucks on him 1
- we made sweet 1
- they are sweet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 3
- Exodus 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Job 21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
- Job 24:20The 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 55:14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Hebrew dictionary
מָתֹק mataq · be sweet
1) to be or become sweet or pleasing 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)
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.