Maʻădân — H4574

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. dainty (food), delight

Usually translated as

delicately, delight, dainty

Origin

or (feminine) maʻădannâh; from H5727

• Derived from ʻâdan (H5727)

Occurrences

Maʻădân occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Lamentations (1)

• Genesis 49:20 — Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties (מַֽעֲדַנֵּי).
• 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 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight (מַעֲדַנִּ֣ים) unto thy soul.
• Lamentations 4:5 — They that did feed delicately (לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים) are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.