Mathaq means “suck” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4985 — somatikos (“bodily”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4985 מָתַק (mathaq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mathaq (maw-thak') v. 1. to suck 2. (by implication) to relish It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include sweet. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
mathaq (maw-thak') v. 1. to suck 2. (by implication) to relish 3. (intransitively) to be sweet [a primitive root] KJV: be (made, X take) sweet.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4985. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be sweet
Usage: 1) to be or become sweet or pleasing 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or become sweet 1a2) to be or become pleasant 1a3) to suck 1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste Also means: ma.taq (מָתָק "to sweeten" H4988)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mathaq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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,
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4985.
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,
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4985, grouped by book.
Mathaq (Strong's H4985) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "suck". mathaq (maw-thak') v. 1. to suck 2. (by implication) to relish
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H4985 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4985 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sweet. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.