| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Pr 16:24 | King James | Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| Strong Concordance | Pleasant [05278] words [0561] are as an honeycomb [06688] [01706], sweet [04966] to the soul [05315], and health [04832] to the bones [06106]. |
| Hebrew For 4966 | |
| Word | mathowq |
| Pronunciation | maw-thoke' |
| Definition |
or mathuwq {maw-thook'}; from 4985; sweet: sweet(-er, -ness). |
| Root(s) | 4985 |
| Verse Occurrences | 11 |
| Verse | Other Content | Text |
| Jud 14:14 | C D T R K | And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness [04966]. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. |
| Jud 14:18 | C D T K | And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter [04966] than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. |
| Ps 19:10 | C D T R K | More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter [04966] also than honey and the honeycomb. |
| Pr 16:24 | C D T R K | Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet [04966] to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| Pr 24:13 | C D T R K | My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet [04966] to thy taste : |
| Pr 27:7 | C D T R K | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet [04966]. |
| Ec 5:12 | C D T R K | The sleep of a labouring man is sweet [04966], whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. |
| Ec 11:7 | C D T R K | Truly the light is sweet [04966], and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : |
| So 2:3 | C D T R K | 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 fruit was sweet [04966] to my taste. |
| Isa 5:20 | C D T R K | Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet [04966], and sweet [04966] for bitter! |
| Eze 3:3 | C D T R K | 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 in my mouth as honey for sweetness [04966]. |