מָתוֹק
mātôq
sweet
Strong's H4966AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1268c

מָתוֹק (mātôq) is a Hebrew adjective meaning sweet. It appears 12 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4966).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1268c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1268c)sweet, sweetness; sweeter
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָתוֹק adjective: sweet, sweetness

sweet, and noun, masculine sweetness

Strong's H4966 מָתוֹק: sweet
KJV:sweet(-er, -ness).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1268: מָתֹק mātōq — become, be sweet, pleasant; become sweet, suck; relish, dainty, food; feed sweetly

See it in Scripture

Judges 14:14Proverbs 16:24Ecclesiastes 11:7

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