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taste

Meaning of “taste”

Sense 1: To perceive flavor by the mouth, or to eat or drink. Sense 2: Figuratively, to experience or partake of. As a noun, the sensation, flavor, or discernment received by tasting.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
22 occurrences21 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 16:31

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Job 6:6
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 6:6 · retained source text

Can that which is vnsauery, bee eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?

Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:30 · retained source text

Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot my taste discerne peruerse things?

1611 marginal noteHebr. my palate.

Job 12:11
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:11 · retained source text

Doeth not the eare trie wordes? and the mouth taste his meate?

1611 marginal noteHeb. palate.

1611 marginal noteCha. 34.3.

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Historical definitions

The act or sense of tasting; the sensation or flavor perceived by the tongue; also experience, trial, or discernment.

volume 2, leaf 739, column 3 (main_dictionary)

To try by the mouth, eat or drink, or have a particular flavor; also to experience or partake of.

volume 2, leaf 739, column 3 (main_dictionary)

To perceive by the tongue; to try by eating a little; to eat a little; also to experience, feel, or undergo.

volume 2, leaf 739, column 2 (main_dictionary)