Sweetness
מֶ֫תֶקStrong’s H4986meteq (me-teq)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meteq is the Hebrew word usually translated “sweetness of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.”
Meaning
- Sweetness
How it's translated
- and sweetness of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מֶ֫תֶק meteq · sweetness
sweetness
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.