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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Sweet

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

108exact KJV occurrences 102Old Testament 6New Testament 25books containing the word 15mapped Strong's IDs 90occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 8:21

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.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 10:10

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where sweet appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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.

HebrewH5207
נִיחוֹחַ

nîychôwach · nee-kho'-akh

42 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

Strong's KJV usage: sweet (odour).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 8:21Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:41

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HebrewH4985
מָתַק

mâthaq · maw-thak'

5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH2896
טוֹב

ṭôwb · tobe

1 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m n-f

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

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HebrewH3190
יָטַב

yâṭab · yaw-tab'

1 times translated as this KJV form110 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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108 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Numbers 28:27
H5207

But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

Numbers 29:2
H5207

And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

Numbers 29:6
H5207

Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

Numbers 29:8
H5207

But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:

Numbers 29:13
H5207

And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

Numbers 29:36
H5207

But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

2 Samuel 23:1
H5273

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

2 Chronicles 2:4
H5561

Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:11
H5561

And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 16:14
no direct Strong's tag

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

Ezra 6:10
no direct Strong's tag

That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

Nehemiah 8:10
H4477

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Esther 2:12
no direct Strong's tag

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

Job 20:12
H4985

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

Job 21:33
H4985

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Job 38:31
no direct Strong's tag

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Psalms 55:14
H4985

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

Psalms 104:34
H6149

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

Psalms 119:103
H4452

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalms 141:6
H5276

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

Proverbs 3:24
H6149

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Proverbs 9:17
H4985

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 13:19
H6149

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:24
H4966

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 20:17
H6156

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

sweet

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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