טַעַם ṭaʻam
Meaning
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
In the King James Version: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
Derivation: from H2938 (טָעַם);
Where it is used
- Exodus 16:31 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
- Numbers 11:8 The 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 21:13 So 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 25:33 Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
- Job 6:6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- Job 12:20 He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Psalms 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
- Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- Proverbs 26:16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- Jeremiah 48:11 Moab 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 3:7 Then 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.