מָתוֹק
mâthôwq · maw-thoke'
sweet
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָתוּק; from H4985 (מָתַק);
sweet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sweet(-er, -ness).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָתוֹק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is sweet3 · 25%
- sweetness1 · 8%
- what is sweeter1 · 8%
- sweeter1 · 8%
- sweet1 · 8%
- which is sweet1 · 8%
- was sweet1 · 8%
- for sweet1 · 8%
- and sweet1 · 8%
- for sweetness1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.