Strong’s H4985 · Hebrew
מָתַק
mâthaq · maw-thak'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
In the King James Version be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 15:25And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
- Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
- Job 21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
- Psalms 55:14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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.