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And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Read in context →And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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nîychôwach · nee-kho'-akh
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
Strong's KJV usage: sweet (odour).
Strong's first: Genesis 8:21Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:41
Open full H5207 profile →çam · sam
an aroma
Strong's KJV usage: sweet (spice).
Strong's first: Exodus 25:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 13:11
Open full H5561 profile →mâthôwq · maw-thoke'
sweet
Strong's KJV usage: sweet(-er, -ness).
Strong's first: Proverbs 16:24Strong's last: Isaiah 5:20
Open full H4966 profile →mâthaq · maw-thak'
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
Strong's KJV usage: be (made, × take) sweet.
Strong's first: Exodus 15:25Strong's last: Proverbs 9:17
Open full H4985 profile →ʻârêb · aw-rabe'
to be agreeable
Strong's KJV usage: be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.
Strong's first: Psalms 104:34Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:26
Open full H6149 profile →glykýs · gloo-koos'
sweet (i.e. not bitter nor salt)
Strong's KJV usage: :--sweet, fresh.
Strong's first: James 3:11Strong's last: Revelation 10:10
Open full G1099 profile →besem · beh'-sem
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
Strong's KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Strong's first: Exodus 30:23Strong's last: Exodus 30:23
Open full H1314 profile →mamtaq · mam-tak'
something sweet (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (most) sweet.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 8:10Strong's last: Song of Solomon 5:16
Open full H4477 profile →nâʻîym · naw-eem'
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: pleasant(-ure), sweet.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 23:1Strong's last: Proverbs 23:8
Open full H5273 profile →ʻârêb · aw-rabe'
pleasant
Strong's KJV usage: sweet.
Strong's first: Proverbs 20:17Strong's last: Song of Solomon 2:14
Open full H6156 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: Jeremiah 6:20Strong's last: Jeremiah 6:20
Open full H2896 profile →yâṭab · yaw-tab'
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Strong's first: Isaiah 23:16Strong's last: Isaiah 23:16
Open full H3190 profile →mâlats · maw-lats'
to be smooth, i.e. (figuratively) pleasant
Strong's KJV usage: be sweet.
Strong's first: Psalms 119:103Strong's last: Psalms 119:103
Open full H4452 profile →merqâch · mer-kawkh'
a spicy herb
Strong's KJV usage: × sweet.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 5:13Strong's last: Song of Solomon 5:13
Open full H4840 profile →nâʻêm · naw-ame'
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
Strong's first: Psalms 141:6Strong's last: Psalms 141:6
Open full H5276 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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SWEET, adjective [Latin suavis.]
1. Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet
2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. Exodus 26:1.
3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.
4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form.
5. Fresh; not salt; as sweet water.
6. Not sour; as sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
7. Mild; soft; gentle.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?
Job 38:31.
8. Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as sweet manners.
9. Grateful; pleasing.
SWEET interchange of hill and valley.
10. Making soft or excellent music; as a sweet singer.
11. Not stale; as sweet butter. The bread is sweet
12. Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk.
13. Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet
SWEET, noun Something pleasing or grateful to the mind; as the sweets of domestic life.
A little bitter mingled in our cup, leaves no relish of the sweet
1. A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them.
2. A perfume.
3. A word of endearment.
4. Cane juice, melasses, or other sweet vegetable substance.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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