מֶתֶק
metek · sweetness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4986 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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metek (מֶתֶק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sweetness”.
The pleasantness of words.
How to say it
me·tek
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
- The pleasantness of words or of a friend.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 16:21
The wise of heart will be called discerning, and sweetness of lips increases teaching.
- Proverbs 27:9
Oil and incense make glad the heart, and the sweetness of one’s friend is more than the counsel of the soul.