Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4985
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- mathaq
- Pronunciation
- maw-thak'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4985
- Brief meaning
- To suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
- Source renderings
- be (made, take) sweet
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
04985\ 4985 mathaq maw-thak' a primitive root; to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet:--be (made, X take) sweet.