What does γλυκύς (glykýs) mean in the Bible?
γλυκύς (glykýs) is a Greek word meaning "sweet".
Greek · G1099
γλυκύς
Sweet
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γλυκύς G1099
Pronunciation glykýs
What does γλυκύς (glykýs) mean in the Bible?
γλυκύς (glykýs) is a Greek word meaning "sweet".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1099?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include as sweet (2), [both] fresh [water] (1), fresh (1).
Where does γλυκύς (glykýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 3:11. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2), Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It as sweet 2× Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
[both] fresh [water] 1× James 3:11
fresh 1× James 3:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row James 3:11
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
James 2 Revelation 2
Source forms
γλυκὺ 3x glyky James 3:11, James 3:12, Revelation 10:9
γλυκύ 1x glyky Revelation 10:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x James 3:11, James 3:12
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Revelation 10:9, Revelation 10:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. sweet
Strong's G1099
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
sweet
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 3:11 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
γλυκὺ gluku
sweet
Read verse James 3:12 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
γλυκὺ gluku
sweet
Read verse Revelation 10:9 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
γλυκὺ gluku
sweet
Read verse Revelation 10:10 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
γλυκύ· gluku
sweet
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rev 10:9 · Rev 10:10 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Jas 3:11 · Jas 3:12 2×
Word Origins
γλυκύς is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain