Limitless Word
מָתוֹקmâthôwq/maw-thoke'/
HebrewH496612 occurrences (KJV)

sweet

KJV renders it: sweet(-er, -ness).

Where it appears(showing the first 11 of 12)

  • Judg 14:14He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days declare the riddle.
  • Judg 14:18The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” He said to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have found out my riddle.”
  • Ps 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
  • Prov 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  • Prov 24:13My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
  • Prov 27:7A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
  • Eccl 5:12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
  • Eccl 11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
  • Song 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Isa 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
  • Ezek 3:3He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.” Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.