Greek · Strong's G1099
γλυκύς
glykysgloo-koos'
sweet (i.e. not bitter nor salt)
1890 spelling: glykýs
- γ3
- λ30
- υ400
- κ20
- υ400
- ς200
Isopsephy 1,053
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
sweet (i.e. not bitter nor salt)
Rendered in the KJV as
sweet, fresh.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- γλυκὺ3
- γλυκύ·1
How it is rendered · 4
- [both] fresh1
- fresh1
- sweet1
- sweet;1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular2
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- A-ASN · 2
- A-NSN · 2
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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James2 occurrences
- James 3:11γλυκὺglukuadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singularCan both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?here: [both] fresh
- James 3:12γλυκὺglukuadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singularMy brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.here: fresh
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 10:9γλυκὺglukuadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singularAnd I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”here: sweet
- Revelation 10:10γλυκύ·glukuadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singularSo I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.here: sweet;