Strong’s H4260 · Hebrew
מַחֲמָאָה
machămâʼâh · makh-am-aw-aw'
Origin a denominative from חֶמְאָה (H2529);
Meaning something buttery (i.e. unctuous and pleasant), as (figuratively) flattery
In the King James Version [idiom] than butter.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.