H4574 מַעֲדָן

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

מַעֲדָן

maʻădân · mah-ad-awn'

Definition

a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)

KJV Renderings

dainty, delicately, delight.

Derivation / Etymology

or (feminine) מַעֲדַנָּה; from H5727 (עָדַן);

KJV Verses (4)

Genesis 49:20¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
1 Samuel 15:32¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
Proverbs 29:17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Lamentations 4:5They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.