Topic
Taste
12 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 16:31ISBE
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
- 1 Samuel 14:43ISBE
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
- 2 Samuel 19:35Nave The sense of, lost
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the…
- Job 12:11ISBE
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- Psalms 34:8ISBE
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
- Psalms 119:103ISBE
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- Daniel 5:2ISBE
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
- 2 Maccabees 7:1ISBE
It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.
- Hebrews 2:9ISBE
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Hebrews 6:4ISBE
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
- Hebrews 6:5ISBE
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
- 1 Peter 2:3ISBE
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
tast (Hebrew Ta`am, "the sense of taste," "perception," from Ta`am, "to taste," "to perceive"; Aramaic Te`em, "flavor," "taste" (of a thing); Hebrew chekh, "palate," "roof of the mouth" = "taste"; geuomai; noun geusis; in 2 Macc 7:1 the verb is ephaptomai):
(1) Literal:
(a) Gustation, to try by the tongue: "The taste (ta`am) of it manna was like wafers made with honey" (Ex 16:31); "Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate (chekh) tasteth (Ta`am) its food?" (Job 12:11); "Belshazzar, while he tasted (literally, "at the taste of," Te`em) the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink therefrom" (Da 5:2).
(b) "To sample," "to eat but a small morsel": "I did certainly taste (Ta`am) a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, lo, I must die" (1Sa 14:43).
(2) Figurative:
"To experience," "to perceive": "Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good" (Ps 34:8; compare 1Pe 2:3); "How sweet are thy words unto my taste!" (margin "palate," chekh) (Ps 119:103); "That by the grace of God he should taste of death for every man" (Heb 2:9); "For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come .... " (Heb 6:4,5).
H. L. E. Luering
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → The sense of, lost 2Sa 19:35
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.