4986. metheq
Lexicon
metheq: sweet, sweetness

Original Word: מֶתֶק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: metheq
Pronunciation: meh'-thek
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-thek)
KJV: sweetness
NASB: sweet, sweetness
Word Origin: [from H4985 (מָתַק - sweet)]

1. figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sweetness

From mathaq; figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse) -- sweetness.

see HEBREW mathaq

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from mathoq
Definition
sweetness
NASB Translation
sweet (1), sweetness (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶ֫תֶק noun masculineProverbs 16:21 sweetness; construct שְׂפָתַיִם ׳מ Proverbs 16:21 i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so probably רֵעֵהוּ ׳מ Proverbs 27:9 the sweetness of one's friend, i.e. of his speech.

Forms and Transliterations
וּמֶ֥תֶק ומתק ū·me·ṯeq uMetek ūmeṯeq
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Englishman's Concordance
Proverbs 16:21
HEB: יִקָּרֵ֣א נָב֑וֹן וּמֶ֥תֶק שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף
NAS: understanding, And sweetness of speech
KJV: prudent: and the sweetness of the lips
INT: will be called understanding and sweetness of speech increases

Proverbs 27:9
HEB: יְשַׂמַּֽח־ לֵ֑ב וּמֶ֥תֶק רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ מֵֽעֲצַת־
NAS: counsel is sweet to his friend.
KJV: the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend
INT: make the heart is sweet to his friend counsel

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4986
2 Occurrences


ū·me·ṯeq — 2 Occ.

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