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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.
Read in context →19 occurrences in 19 verses.
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These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
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.
8 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
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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