מָתוֹק matoq

Hebrew word for “sweet” · Strong’s H4966 · used 12 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) sweet; n m; 2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)

How it is translated

Glosses given for matoq in context, with how often each is used:

• sweet 10
• sweet thing 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 14 (2), Psalms 19 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Proverbs 24 (1), Proverbs 27 (1), Ecclesiastes 5 (1), Ecclesiastes 11 (1), Song of Solomon 2 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Ezekiel 3 (1)

Forms

• מתוק 6
• ומתוק 2
• למתוק 2
• ומתוקים 1
• מתוקה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with matoq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דְּבַשׁ devash “honey” 5
• נֹפֶת nophet “honey” 3
• צוּף tsuph “honeycomb” 2
• חִידָה chidah “riddle” 2
• חֵךְ chekh “palate” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 4
• עַז az “strong” 2
• חָמַד chamad “to desire” 2
• מַר mar “bitter” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
• אוֹר or “light” 2
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 2

Key verses

The verses using matoq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Judges 14:14 — And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
• Judges 14:18 — And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said…
• Psalms 19:10 — More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
• Proverbs 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
• Proverbs 24:13 — My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
• Proverbs 27:7 — The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
• Ecclesiastes 5:12 — The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
• Ecclesiastes 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As 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, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Isaiah 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
• Ezekiel 3:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.