Strong's Concordance
Original word: מָתַק
Transliteration: mathoq
Definition (short): sweet
Definition (full): to become or be sweet or pleasant
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to become or be sweet or pleasant
NASB Translation: became sweet (1), feeds sweetly (1), gently cover (1), had sweet (1), sweet (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet -- be (made, X take) sweet.
References
KJV:
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
NASB:
Then he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.
KJV:
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
NASB:
"Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue,
KJV:
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
NASB:
"The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones go before him.