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Psalms 34:8

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O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
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  1. Psalms 119:103Rank 1 from verse 8
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  2. Hebrews 6:4–5Rank 2 from verse 8
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    4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

    5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

  3. 1 Peter 2:2–3Rank 3 from verse 8
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    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

    3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  4. Jeremiah 31:14Rank 4 from verse 8
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    14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

  5. Psalms 63:5Rank 5 from verse 8
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

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Psalms 34:8

COMBINED MEANING

taste

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

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9O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

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