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Strong's G1089 · Greek

γεύομαι

geuomai · ghyoo'-om-ahee

a primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

γεύω (G1089)

15 γεύω , [in LXX chiefly for טעם ;] to make to taste . Mid., to taste eat : absol., Ac 10:10 20:11 , Col 2:21 ; c. gen., Mt 27:34 , Lk 14:24 , Ac 23:14 ; c. acc. (not cl., but v. Westc, Heb. , 2:9 ; M, Pr. , 66, 245), Jo 2:9 . Metaph., He 6:4 ; ῥῆμα θεοῦ , He 6:5 (on case, v. supr., and cf. Milligan, NTD , 68) θανάτου (cf. Talmudic טַעַם מִיתָה ), Mt 16:28 , Mk 9:1 , Lk 9:27 , Jo 8:52 , He 2:9 ; seq. ὅτι , I Pe 2:3 (Cremer, 148).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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