Word

מַעֲדָן

maʻădân · H4574 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

delicacies, delight

Things, such as food or certain events, that bring about extreme joy to humans

Examples
Genesis 49:20 “As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal delicacies.
Proverbs 29:17 Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul.
Lamentations 4:5 Those who used to eat delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson clothing Embrace garbage heaps.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מֶלֶךְking 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 3 words

שַׁעְשֻׁעַ shaʻshuaʻ · H8191 · joy, delight: Both terms denote something pleasant or delightful, overlapping in the sense of delight or pleasure.
עֹנֶג ʻôneg · H6027 · delightful: Both lexemes denote delight/pleasantness/luxury, genuine overlapping sense in the pleasure/enjoyment semantic space. Real but under-verified.
תַּעֲנוּג taʻănûwg · H8588 · comfort, delight, luxury: Both terms overlap significantly in the senses of "delight" and "delicate," denoting dainty or delicate pleasure.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Rejoice002001002022: מַעֲדָן denotes a dainty or delight, something delectable that brings pleasure and gladness.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָדַן ʻâdan · H5727 · to enjoy oneself, to delight oneself, to revel · 1×עֵדֶן ʻêden · H5730 · pleasure, desire, joy · 4×מַעֲדָןmaʻădân · H4574עָדִין ʻâdîyn · H5719 · loving luxury, loving pleasure · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4574. maadan or maadannah [מַעֲדָן] noun [masculine] dainty (food), delight only plural;…

H4574. maadan
or maadannah [מַעֲדָן] noun [masculine] dainty (food), delight only plural; — מֶלָךְ מַעֲדַגֵּי Gen 49:20 royal dainties; לְמַעֲדַנִּים הָאֹכְלִים Lam 4:5 those who ate (according to dainties) daintily; more Generally לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ מַעֲדַנִּים וְיִתֵּן Pro 29:17 he shall give delight to thy soul (|| וִינִידֶ֑ךָ). — מַעֲדַנּוֺת, also below ענד.
II. עדן (√ of following; compare perhaps Assyrian edinu, plain (in word-lists), SchrCot Gen 2:8, DlPa 79 f.; other views see DiGen 2:8).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Rejoice3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0