Strong G1099γλυκύς
sweet
- Transliteration
- glukus
- Pronunciation
- gloo-koos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
sweet (that is not bitter nor salt): - sweet fresh.
sweet (that is not bitter nor salt): - sweet fresh.
Detailed definition
γλυκύς, -εῖα, -ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for מָתוֹק;]
Jas.3:11, 12; opposite to πικρόν, ἁλυκόν, Rev.10:9, 10.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מָתוֹק;]
Jas.3:11, 12; opposite to πικρόν, ἁλυκόν, Rev.10:9, 10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1099 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sweet3
- fresh1
First verses
- James 3:11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
- James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
- Revelation 10:9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
- Revelation 10:10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
γλῠκύς, εῖα
(-ῆα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.2), ύ (-ύν “IG” 14.1890))], sweet to the taste or smell, νέκταρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.598; οἶνος 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 124, etc.; γλυκὺ ὄζειν 4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 1, probably in 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 2)]; opposed to ὀξύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.55)]; opposed to δριμύς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708e: mostly _metaphorically_, even in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], pleasant, delightful, ἵμερος, ὕπνος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.139, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.395; γ. αἰών 5.152, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ᾽ ἠὲ νέεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.453; οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.34, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.2, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1036, etc.)]; γλυκύ [ἐστι], with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 698, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 210; θανεῖν γλύκιστον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.47; ὅτῳ.. μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1335 (Lyric poetry), compare 1390.)]
b of water, sweet, fresh, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.8, etc.)]; opposed to πικρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.52)]; opposed to ἁλμυρός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 355a33, etc.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (but see above))], of persons, sweet, dear, γλυκεῖα (variant{-ῆα}) μᾶτερ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 90; γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 106)]: with infinitive, γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.52; frequently in epitaphs, “IG” 14.1472 (_superlative_))], etc.; also ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 33i13 (2nd c.AD))]; ὦ γλυκύτατε my dear fellow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 462, compare “Ec.” 124)]; sometimes in bad sense, simple, silly, ὡς γ. εἶ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288b)]; also applied κατ᾽ ἀντίφρασιν to a swine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).611)]; γλυκὺ πνεῖον, of mustard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 90.)]
II as substantive, ὁ γ. (i.e. οἶνος) grape-syrup, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 59, 172.14, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 875b2, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.77, “POxy.” 1088.51; also τὸ γ. 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 386, “POxy.” 234ii6 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
II.b of the eye of Polyphemus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.22.)]
II.2 ἡ γ., ={γλυκύρριζα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.13.2.)]
II.3 ἡ γ., ={χολή}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Scholia 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 594.)]
III comparative and superlative γλυκίων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.34; γλύκιστος 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.47, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.46, etc.; also γλυκύτερος, -τατος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.109, 19, etc.; γλύσσων 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 38.2.)]
IV adverb -κέως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.24. (Perh. from *δλυκύς)], cf. Latin dulcis.)
(-ῆα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.2), ύ (-ύν “IG” 14.1890))], sweet to the taste or smell, νέκταρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.598; οἶνος 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 124, etc.; γλυκὺ ὄζειν 4th c.BC: Cratinus Junior Comicus 1, probably in 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 2)]; opposed to ὀξύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.55)]; opposed to δριμύς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708e: mostly _metaphorically_, even in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], pleasant, delightful, ἵμερος, ὕπνος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.139, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.395; γ. αἰών 5.152, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ᾽ ἠὲ νέεσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.453; οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.34, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.2, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1036, etc.)]; γλυκύ [ἐστι], with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 698, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 210; θανεῖν γλύκιστον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.47; ὅτῳ.. μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1335 (Lyric poetry), compare 1390.)]
b of water, sweet, fresh, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.8, etc.)]; opposed to πικρός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.52)]; opposed to ἁλμυρός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 355a33, etc.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (but see above))], of persons, sweet, dear, γλυκεῖα (variant{-ῆα}) μᾶτερ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 90; γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 106)]: with infinitive, γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.52; frequently in epitaphs, “IG” 14.1472 (_superlative_))], etc.; also ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 33i13 (2nd c.AD))]; ὦ γλυκύτατε my dear fellow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 462, compare “Ec.” 124)]; sometimes in bad sense, simple, silly, ὡς γ. εἶ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288b)]; also applied κατ᾽ ἀντίφρασιν to a swine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).611)]; γλυκὺ πνεῖον, of mustard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Matro Parodius “Convivium - Corpusculum poesis epicae ludibundae” 90.)]
II as substantive, ὁ γ. (i.e. οἶνος) grape-syrup, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 59, 172.14, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 875b2, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.77, “POxy.” 1088.51; also τὸ γ. 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 386, “POxy.” 234ii6 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
II.b of the eye of Polyphemus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 6.22.)]
II.2 ἡ γ., ={γλυκύρριζα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.13.2.)]
II.3 ἡ γ., ={χολή}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Scholia 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 594.)]
III comparative and superlative γλυκίων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.34; γλύκιστος 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.47, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.46, etc.; also γλυκύτερος, -τατος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.109, 19, etc.; γλύσσων 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 38.2.)]
IV adverb -κέως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.24. (Perh. from *δλυκύς)], cf. Latin dulcis.)