adjective

glukuem

Greekγλυκύς (glukus)

Strong’sG1099

sweet

stem gluku-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

fresh2×sweet2×

What it means

γλυκύς, -εῖα, -ύ,

[in LXX chiefly for מָתֹוק;]

Ja 3:11, 12; opp. to πικρόν, ἁλυκόν, Re 10:9, 10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1099 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgloo-koos'

sweet (i.e. not bitter nor salt)

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamessweet, fresh.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	glukuos	glukuas	glukuem4×γλυκὺ	glukuois	glukuais	glukueim
object accusative	glukuon	glukuan		glukuoin	glukuain
direct address vocative	glukuor	glukuar		glukuoir	glukuair
of, belonging to genitive	glukuou	glukuau	glukueu	glukuoiu	glukuaiu	glukueiu
to, for dative	glukuo	glukua	glukue	glukuoi	glukuai	glukuei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

glukustem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

gluku is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

glukuem“fresh”subject or objectdirect singular4×

James 3:11“fresh”mēti tas pēgas ek tau autau opau bruatō tem glukuem kai tem pikrem?Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

James 3:12“fresh”mē dunetō, adelfoir mu, sukas elaiain poiara ē ampelas sukeim? oute halukem glukuem poiara hudōrem.My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Revelation 10:9“sweet”kai aperchama pros ton angelon legarōtos auto dōara mi tem biblaridiem. kai legatō mi; Lambasar kai katesthiasar autem, kai pikrainati su tan koilian, alla en te stome su eti glukuem hōs meliem.And 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.”

Revelation 10:10“sweet”kai lambama tem biblaridiem ek tau cheirau tou angelou kai katesthiama autem, kai ate en te stome mu hōs meliem glukuem; kai hote esthiama autem, pikrainita tas koilias mu.So 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.