STRONG’S HEBREW CONCORDANCE

H4985

מָתַק

mâthaq · maw-thak'

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Meaning and usage

Derivation: a primitive root;

Definition: to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet

KJV renderings: be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.

COMPLETE CONCORDANCE

Every KJV occurrence of H4985

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Exodus 15:25

“sweet”

יִּמְתְּק֖וּHebrew qal sequential imperfect verb · third person · masculine · pluralInterlinear
Job 20:12

“sweet”

תַּמְתִּ֣יקHebrew hiphil imperfect verb · third person · feminine · singularInterlinear
Job 21:33

“sweet”

מָֽתְקוּHebrew qal perfect verb · third person · common gender · pluralInterlinear
Psalms 55:14

“sweet”

נַמְתִּ֣יקHebrew hiphil imperfect verb · first person · common gender · pluralInterlinear
Proverbs 9:17

“sweet”

יִמְתָּ֑קוּHebrew qal imperfect verb · third person · masculine · pluralInterlinear

Dictionary: James Strong, public domain. Occurrences: KJV 2006 Strong’s word alignment. Greek forms and parsing: Maurice A. Robinson’s public-domain Textus Receptus morphology. Hebrew and Aramaic forms and parsing: Original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb (CC BY 4.0). Device pronunciation voices vary.