KJV dictionary & concordance

sweetly

Meaning of “sweetly”

Pleasantly or readily.

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2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 24:20

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KJV PCE

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 24:20 · retained source text

The wombe shall forget him, the worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee shall be no more remembred, and wickednes shalbe broken as a tree.

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Song of Solomon 7:9 · retained source text

And the roofe of thy mouth like the best wine, for my beloued, that goeth downe sweetely, causing the lippes of those that are asleepe, to speake.

1611 marginal noteHebr. streightly.

1611 marginal noteOr, of the ancient.

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