Strong H4988מָתָק
become sweet
- Transliteration
- mâthâq
- Pronunciation
- maw-thawk'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
From H4985; a {dainty} that {is} (generally) food: - feed sweetly.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: to sweeten
Exact lexical definition: become sweet
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: [ מָתֹק ] vb . become or be sweet , pleasant Qal lit. become sweet = be pleasant suck Hiph . if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth ; we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy .
STEP relation: a Spelling of H4985
Open-source relation path: H4988 → H4985
In the Bible
Strong H4988 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- feed1
First verses
- Job 24:20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.