טְעֵם
ṭᵉʻêm · teh-ame'
properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H2939 (טְעַם), and equivalent to H2941 (טַעַם);
properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
- properly, flavor
- figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective)
- hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] chancellor, [phrase] command, commandment, decree, [phrase] regard, taste, wisdom.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To surround and contain that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טְעֵם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a decree12 · 48%
- the chancellor3 · 12%
- commanded2 · 8%
- commandment1 · 4%
- hath commanded1 · 4%
- so, that a decree1 · 4%
- and according to the commandment1 · 4%
- and wisdom1 · 4%
- regarded1 · 4%
- whiles he tasted1 · 4%
- regardeth1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.