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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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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.
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD's.
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
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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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