Judges 9:11
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Sweetness
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Ezekiel 3:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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מָתוֹק
mâthôwq · maw-thoke'
2 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
sweet
Strong's KJV usage: sweet(-er, -ness).
Strong's first: Judges 14:14Strong's last: Ezekiel 3:3
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metheq · meh'-thek
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse)
Strong's KJV usage: sweetness.
Strong's first: Proverbs 16:21Strong's last: Proverbs 27:9
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môtheq · mo'-thek
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
sweetness
Strong's KJV usage: sweetness.
Strong's first: Judges 9:11Strong's last: Judges 9:11
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The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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sweetness
SWEE'TNESS, noun The quality of being sweet, in any of its senses; as gratefulness to the taste; or to the smell, fragrance; agreeableness to the ear, melody; as sweetness of the voice; sweetness of elocution.
1. Agreeableness of manners; softness; mildness; obliging civility; as sweetness of behavior.
2. Softness; mildness; amiableness; as sweetness of temper.
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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