Strong's Hebrew · H2940

טַעַם

ṭaʻam · tah'-am

advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.

Definition

properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate

Derivation

from H2938 (טָעַם);

Appears 13 times in Scripture

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.

Job 12:20

He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Proverbs 11:22

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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.

Psalms 34:1

I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

Job 6:6

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?

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.

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.

Psalms 119:66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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