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description: "H4985 מָתַק (mâthaq) definition: to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet"
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## H4985 Definition

 Strong's number H4985
 
Lemma מָתַק
 
Transliteration mâthaq
 
Pronunciation maw-thak'
 
Strong's definition to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet be (made, [idiom] take) sweet. a primitive root;
 
## 5 instances of the word מָתַק
 mâthaq (H4985) 

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Exodus 15:25 - And he cried and the LORD shewed and the LORD him a tree which when he had cast into the waters were made sweet into the waters there he made for them a statute and an ordinance and there he proved

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Job 20:12 - be sweet in his mouth Though wickedness though he hide it under his tongue

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Job 21:33 - shall be sweet The clods of the valley after unto him and every man shall draw before him as there are innumerable

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Proverbs 9:17 - waters Stolen are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant

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Psalms 55:14 - together We took sweet counsel unto the house of God and walked in company

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