# מָתוֹק (matoq)

Israeli respelling: matoq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4966. 11 Old Testament occurrences.

sweet

King James renderings: sweet(-er, -ness).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matoq-h4966

## Occurrences

- [Judges 14:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/14) — And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expou…
- [Judges 14:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/18) — And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a…
- [Psalms 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/10) — More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- [Proverbs 16:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/24) — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- [Proverbs 24:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/13) — My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
- [Proverbs 27:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/7) — The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- [Ecclesiastes 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/12) — The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
- [Ecclesiastes 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/11/7) — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
- [Song of Solomon 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/3) — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fru…
- [Isaiah 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/20) — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet…
- [Ezekiel 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/3) — And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was…