King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4986
Transliteration: metheq
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-thek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: sweetness
Meaning: pleasantness
Word Summary
metheq: sweetness
Original Word: מֶתֶקTransliteration: metheq
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-thek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: sweetness
Meaning: pleasantness
Strong's Concordance
sweetness From mathaq; figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse) -- sweetness.
see HEBREW mathaq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4986. metheq
מֶ֫תֶק noun masculineProverbs 16:21 sweetness; construct ׳מ שְׂפָתַיִם 16:21 i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so probably ׳מ רֵעֵהוּ 27:9 the sweetness of one's friend, i.e. of his speech.