More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
More to bee deſired are they then gold, * yea, then much fine gold: ſweeter alſo then hony, and † the hony combe.
דְּבַשׁ , masculine noun, dəvash — honey (value 306)
H1706,
דְּבַשׁ debash, deb-ash'; from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup:—honey(-comb).Used in 54 Verses, 19 Books 54  Occurrence Count
זָהָב , masculine noun, zahav — gold (value 14)
H2091,
זָהָב zâhâb, zaw-hawb'; from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky:—gold(-en), fair weather.gold
as precious metal
as a measure of weight
of brilliance, splendour (fig.)
Used in 336 Verses, 34 Books 383  Occurrence Count
חָמַד , feminine noun, verb, hamad — to desire, take pleasure in (value 52)
H2530,
חָמַד châmad, khaw-mad'; a primitive root; to delight in:—beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (× great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).verb
to desire, covet, take pleasure in, delight in
(Qal) to desire
(Niphal) to be desirable
(Piel) to delight greatly, desire greatly
feminine noun
desirableness, preciousness
Used in 27 Verses, 12 Books 28  Occurrence Count
מָתוֹק , adjective, masculine noun, matok — sweet, sweetness (value 546)
H4966,
מָתוֹק mâthôwq, maw-thoke'; or מָתוּק mâthûwq; from H4985; sweet:—sweet(-er, -ness).adjective
sweet
masculine noun
sweetness, pleasant (thing)
Used in 11 Verses, 7 Books 11  Occurrence Count
נֹפֶת , masculine noun, nofet — flowing honey, honey from the comb (value 530)
H5317,
נֹפֶת nôpheth, no'-feth; from H5130 in the sense of shaking to pieces; a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb):—honeycomb.flowing honey, honey from the comb, a dropping down, honey, honeycomb
Used in 5 Verses, 3 Books 5  Occurrence Count
פָּז , masculine noun, paz — refined, pure gold (value 87)
H6337,
פָּז pâz, pawz; from H6338; pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined):—fine (pure) gold.Used in 9 Verses, 6 Books 9  Occurrence Count
צוּף , masculine noun, tzuf — (honey) comb (value 176)
H6688,
צוּף tsûwph, tsoof; from H6687; comb of honey (from dripping):—honeycomb.Used in 2 Verses, 2 Books 2  Occurrence Count
רַב , adjective, adverb, masculine noun, rav — much, many, great (value 202)
H7227,
רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).adjective
much, many, great
much
many
abounding in
more numerous than
abundant, enough
great
strong
greater than
adverb
much, exceedingly
masculine noun
captain, chief
Used in 443 Verses, 35 Books 460  Occurrence Count
| Psalm 19:10Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| הַֽנֶּחֱמָדִ֗ים מִ֭זָּהָב וּמִפַּ֣ז רָ֑ב וּמְתוּקִ֥ים מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁ וְנֹ֣פֶת צוּפִֽים׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| More to be desired |
H2530hamad |
חָמַד |
52 |
| are they than gold, |
H2091zahav |
זָהָב |
14 |
| yea, than much |
H7227rav |
רַב |
202 |
| fine gold: |
H6337paz |
פָּז |
87 |
| sweeter |
H4966matok |
מָתוֹק |
546 |
| also than honey |
H1706dəvash |
דְּבַשׁ |
306 |
| and the honeycomb. |
H5317nofet |
נֹפֶת |
530 |
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