matok · sweet

What it means

matok (מָתוֹק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sweet”.

What is sweet.

How to say it

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

1. What tastes like honey and pleases; also, what is pleasant.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sweet ×9
• sweeter ×2
• sweetness ×1

Where it appears

• Judges×2
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×3
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×2
• Ezekiel×1

• Judges 14:14

  And he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not explain the riddle for three days.

• Judges 14:18

  And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.”

• Psalms 19:10

  More desirable than gold, and than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and than the drippings of the honeycomb.

• Proverbs 16:24

  A honeycomb are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

• Proverbs 24:13

  Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

• Proverbs 27:7

  A sated soul tramples the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

• Ecclesiastes 5:12

  Sweet is the sleep of the one who works, whether little or much he eats; but the fullness of the rich does not let him sleep.

• Ecclesiastes 11:7

  And sweet is the light, and good for the eyes to see the sun.

• Song of Songs 2:3

  Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the boys; in his shade I delighted and sat, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

• Isaiah 5:20

  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

• Ezekiel 3:3

  And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly and fill your insides with this scroll that I am giving you.” And I ate it, and it was in my mouth like honey for sweetness.

And 1 more times.