Word

γεύομαι

geúomai · G1089 · Greek · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

to taste

To perceive the flavor of something by putting it in the mouth

Examples
Matthew 27:34 they gave Him wine mixed with bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.
John 2:9 Now when the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the groom,
Colossians 2:21 “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”
to eat, eating

To consume solid food

Examples
Luke 14:24 ‘For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my dinner.’”
Acts 10:10 But he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance;
Acts 20:11 When Paul had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.
to experience

(A figurative extension of meaning of γεύομαι ‘to taste,’) To experience, probably focusing on personal involvement

Examples
Matthew 16:28 “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
Mark 9:1 And Jesus was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God when it has come with power.”
Luke 9:27 “But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

15 occurrences in 10 groups

Not stated (participle) 4
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

11 occurrences in 8 groups

θάνατοςdeath 5
δεῖπνονsupper, feast 1
δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 1
δωρεάgift 1
μηδείςno one 1
ῥῆμαword, saying 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 4 groups

εἰςto+ αἰώνage, forever 1
ἕωςuntil, to, as far as+ ἀποκτείνωto kill 1
ὑπέρfor+ πᾶςall, every, each 1
χάριςgrace, favor, thanks+ θεόςGod 1

With adverbsAdverbs

6 occurrences in 2 groups

οὐnot 5
μήnot 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 1 groups

ἵστημιto stand, to set 3

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

λέγωto say 2
ἀνακαινίζωto renew 2
ἀναθεματίζωto curse 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

βιβρώσκω bibrṓskō · G977 · to eat, eating: Both γεύομαι and βιβρώσκω (“to eat”) denote the literal act of eating; γεύομαι additionally carries the extended senses of tasting and experiencing.

In the other Testament 1 word

טָעַם ṭâʻam · H2938 · to taste, to eat: Hebrew טָעַם (ṭâʻam, H2938) is the direct lexical equivalent of Greek γεύομαι (geúomai, G1089), both denoting the primary sense of physically tasting food/drink and extending to metaphorical senses of experiencing or perceiving.

Semantic domains 3 entries

To eat, eating23.3: Used broadly of taking in food, drawn from the same broad range of ingestion as the tasting entry below.
To taste24.72: Used literally of experiencing a flavor by mouth, as of the wine mixed with bile Jesus tastes but refuses to drink in Matthew 27:34.
To experience90.78: Used figuratively of undergoing an experience, especially death, as of those standing here who will not taste death before seeing the Son of Man's kingdom in Matthew 16:28, Mark 9:1, and Luke 9:27.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (cf. Latingusto, German kosten; Curtius, § 131); to cause to taste, to give one a taste…

: (cf. Latingusto, German kosten; Curtius, § 131); to cause to taste, to give one a taste of, τινα (Gen 25:30). In the N. T. only the middle γεύομαι: future γεύσομαι; 1 aorist ἐγευσάμην;
1. to taste, try the flavor of: Mt 27:34; contrary to better Greek usage (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 7 c. (and p. 36; Anthol. Pal. 6, 120)) with the accusative of the object: Jn 2:9.
2. to taste, i. e. perceive the flavor of, partake of, enjoy: τίνος, Lk 14:24 (γεύσεται μου τοῦ δείπνου, i. e. shall partake of my banquet); hence, as in Greek writings from Homer down, equivalent to to feel, make trial of, experience: τίνος, Heb 6:4; ῤῆμα Θεοῦ, Heb 6:5, (τῆς γνώσεως, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 36, 2 [ET]). as in Chaldean, Syriac, and rabbinical writers, γεύεσθαι τοῦ θανάτου (Winer's Grammar, 33 (32)): Mt 16:28; Mk 9:1; Lk 9:27; Jn 8:52; Heb 2:9; (cf. Wetstein on Matthew, the passage cited; Meyer on John, the passage cited; Bleek, Lünem., Alford on Hebrews, the passage cited), followed by ὅτι: 1 Pet 2:3 (Ps 33:9.
3. to take food, eat: absolutely, Acts 10:10; Acts 20:11; cf. Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 47; to take nourishment, eat — (but substantially as above), with the genitive μηδενός, Acts 23:14; with the ellipsis of a genitive denoting unlawful food, Col 2:21.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Eat, Drink4 occurrences Taste3 occurrences Experiencer8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0