Definition
from H2938; properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Traditional renderings: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
Traditional renderings: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders טַ֫עַם:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- Exodus 16:31וְטַעְמ֖וֹ · and tastedNow the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
- Numbers 11:8טַעְמ֔וֹ · It tasted; כְּטַ֖עַםThe people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
- 1 Samuel 21:13טַעְמוֹ֙ · his behaviorSo he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
- 1 Samuel 25:33טַעְמֵ֖ךְ · your discernmentBlessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
- Job 6:6טַ֝֗עַם · flavorIs tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- Job 12:20וְטַ֖עַם · the discernmentHe deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Psalm 34:1טַ֭עְמוֹ · to be insaneOf David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Psalm 119:66טַ֣עַם · judgmentTeach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
- Proverbs 11:22טָֽעַם׃ · discretionLike a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 26:16טָֽעַם׃ · discreetlyThe slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- Jeremiah 48:11טַעְמוֹ֙ · his flavorMoab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
- Jonah 3:7מִטַּ֧עַם · By the decreeThen he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.