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Sweet

עָרֵבStrong’s H6156

arev (a-rev)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Arev is the Hebrew word usually translated “sweet”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”
Proverbs 20:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Sweet, pleasant
How it's translated
  • sweet 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 1
  • Song of Solomon 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עָרֵב arev · sweet

sweet, pleasant

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.]

  1. Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet
  2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
  3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.
  4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form.
All definitions and other forms of “sweet”
  1. Fresh; not salt; as sweet water.
  2. Not sour; as sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
  3. Mild; soft; gentle.“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?” Job 38:31
  4. Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as sweet manners.
  5. Grateful; pleasing.
  6. Making soft or excellent music; as a sweet singer.
  7. Not stale; as sweet butter.
  8. Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk.
  9. Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet

SWEET, noun

Something pleasing or grateful to the mind; as the sweets of domestic life.

  1. A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them.
  2. A perfume.
  3. A word of endearment.
  4. 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.