Strong's Concordance metheq: sweetness Original Word: מֶ֫תֶקPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: metheq Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-thek) Short Definition: sweet Brown-Driver-Briggs מֶ֫תֶק noun masculineProverbs 16:21 sweetness; construct שְׂפָתַיִם ׳מ Proverbs 16:21 i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so probably רֵעֵהוּ ׳מ Proverbs 27:9 the sweetness of one's friend, i.e. of his speech. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sweetness From mathaq; figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse) -- sweetness. see HEBREW mathaq Forms and Transliterations וּמֶ֥תֶק ומתק ū·me·ṯeq uMetek ūmeṯeqLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 49862 Occurrences ū·me·ṯeq — 2 Occ. Proverbs 16:21 HEB: יִקָּרֵ֣א נָב֑וֹן וּמֶ֥תֶק שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף NAS: understanding, And sweetness of speech KJV: prudent: and the sweetness of the lips INT: will be called understanding and sweetness of speech increases Proverbs 27:9 |