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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.
108 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
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.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
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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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