γλυκύς
glykys · sweet
Greek word · Strong’s number G1099 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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glykys (γλυκύς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sweet”.
Of water, fresh.
How to say it
gly·kys
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Pleasant to the taste, like honey or good water to drink.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- James 3:11
A spring does not pour forth from the same opening the sweet and the bitter, does it?
- James 3:12
My brothers, a fig tree cannot produce olives, or a vine figs, can it? Neither can salt water produce sweet water.
- Revelation 10:9
And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he says to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
- Revelation 10:10
And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.