Definition

sweet

Etymology

or מָתוּק; from H4985 (מָתַק);

Word family

• מָתַק mâthaq

How the KJV renders it

• sweet(-er
• -ness)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.