Lexical Definition
γεύομαι geúomai (ghyoo'-om-ahee) to taste G:V
a primary verb
eat, taste.
- to taste
- by implication, to eat
- figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἐγεύσατο | tasted | John.2.9 |
| ἐγεύσασθε | you have tasted | 1Pet.2.3 |
| εγεύσατο | She tastes | LXX.Prov.31.18 |
| tasted | LXX.1Sam.14.24 | |
| εγευσάμην | I tasted | LXX.1Sam.14.29 • LXX.1Sam.14.43 |
| γεύσῃ | you may taste | Col.2.21 |
| γεύσόν | Let me taste | LXX.Gen.25.30 |
| γεύσωνται | may taste | Mark.9.1 • Luke.9.27 |
| shall taste | Matt.16.28 | |
| γεύσομαι | shall I taste | LXX.2Sam.3.35 |
| γεύσηται | He may taste | Heb.2.9 |
| shall he taste | John.8.52 | |
| γεύσεται | still taste | LXX.2Sam.19.35 |
| taste | LXX.Job.20.18 | |
| γεύσεταί | will taste | Luke.14.24 |
| γεύσασθε | Taste | LXX.Ps.34.8 |
| γεύσασθαι | to eat | Acts.10.10 • Acts.23.14 |
| γεύεται | tastes | LXX.Job.12.11 • LXX.Job.34.3 |
| γευσαμένουσ | having tasted | Heb.6.4 • Heb.6.5 |
| γευσάσθωσαν | taste | LXX.Jonah.3.7 |
| γευσάμενοσ | In tasting | LXX.1Sam.14.43 |
| having eaten | Acts.20.11 | |
| having tasted | Matt.27.34 |
Abbott-Smith
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).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 16:28 · 27:34 |
| Mark | 9:1 |
| Luke | 9:27 · 14:24 |
| John | 2:9 · 8:52 |
| Acts | 10:10 · 20:11 · 23:14 |
| Colossians | 2:21 |
| Hebrews | 2:9 · 6:4 · 6:5 |
| 1 Peter | 2:3 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
γεύω,
future γεύσω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔγευσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: —middle, future γεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐγευσάμην [Refs]; γεύσεται, -σόμεθα, Epic dialect for -ηται, -ώμεθα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural optative γευσαίατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect γέγευμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐγέγευντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—give a taste of, γλυκὺν γεύσας τὸν αἰῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, γεύομαι, with perfect and pluperfect passive, taste, with genitive, προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλήλων ἐγέγευντο they had tasted, eaten of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 take food, [NT+5th c.BC+]; dine, PLond. unpublished[Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.3 metaphorically, taste, make proof of, feel, δουρὸς ἀκωκῆς ἡμετέροιο γεύσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε.. γευσόμεθ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἐγχείῃσιν let us try one another with the spear, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; taste the sweets of, ἀρχῆς, ἐλευθερίης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλκᾶς, στεφάνων, [Refs]; of a married woman, ἀνδρὸς γεγευμένη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γ. πόνων to have experience of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. ἐμπύρων make trial of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit ju[snull]áte 'enjoy', Latin gusto.)
LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.10.10