Ṭaʻam — H2940

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. taste, judgment
1. taste
2. judgment (fig.)
3. decision, decree

Usually translated as

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

Origin

from H2938

• Derived from Ṭâʻam (H2938)

Greek equivalents

• gnṓmē (G1106)
• hēdonḗ (G2237)
• lógos (G3056)
• paideía (G3809)
• sýnesis (G4907)
• trópos (G5158)

Occurrences

Ṭaʻam occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (2), Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Jeremiah (1), Jonah (1)

• Exodus 16:31 — And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste (וְטַעְמ֖וֹ) of it was like wafers made with honey.
• Numbers 11:8 — And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste (טַעְמ֔וֹ) of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
• Numbers 11:8 — And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste (כְּטַ֖עַם) of fresh oil.
• 1 Samuel 21:13 — And he changed his (טַעְמוֹ֙) behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
• 1 Samuel 25:33 — And blessed be thy advice (טַעְמֵ֖ךְ), and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
• Job 6:6 — Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste (טַ֝֗עַם) in the white of an egg?
• Job 12:20 — He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding (וְטַ֖עַם) of the aged.
• Psalms 119:66 — Teach me good judgment (טַ֣עַם) and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
• Proverbs 11:22 — As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion (טָֽעַם).
• Proverbs 26:16 — The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason (טָֽעַם).
• Jeremiah 48:11 — Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste (טַעְמוֹ֙) remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
• Jonah 3:7 — And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree (מִטַּ֧עַם) of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: