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Greek verb · G1089

γεύομαι

geuomaighyoo'-om-ahee

to taste

15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: geúomai

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1089is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 9
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1089

to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)

The King James renders it: eat, taste.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

geuomai is rendered "to taste". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across eight books.

  • Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:28Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
  • The Greek text spells it nine different ways.

The first use

Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

Matthew 16:28γεύσωνται

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eight of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 19 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • having tasted3
  • may taste2
  • to eat2
  • having eaten1
  • He may taste1
  • shall he taste1
  • shall taste1
  • tasted1
  • will taste1
  • you have tasted1
  • you may taste1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 15, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

9 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • γεύσωνται3
  • γευσάμενος2
  • γευσαμένους2
  • γεύσασθαι2
  • γεύσηται2
  • γεύσεταί1
  • γεύσῃ1
  • ἐγεύσασθε1
  • ἐγεύσατο1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person plural3V-ADS-3P
  • verb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)2V-ADN
  • verb · aorist middle form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural2V-ADP-APM
  • verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-ADP-NSM
  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-ADS-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-ADI-2P
  • verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-ADI-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-ADS-2S
  • verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FDI-3S

Matthew

two uses
  • Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

    Matthew 16:28

    • γεύσωνταιgeusontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: shall taste
  • they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

    Matthew 27:34

    • γευσάμενοςgeusamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having tasted

Mark

one use
  • Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

    Mark 9:1

    • γεύσωνταιgeusontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may taste

Luke

two uses
  • But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 9:27

    • γεύσωνταιgeusontaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may taste
  • For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”

    Luke 14:24

    • γεύσεταίgeusetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will taste

John

two uses
  • and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

    John 2:9

    • ἐγεύσατοegeusatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: tasted
  • “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

    John 8:52

    • γεύσηταιgeusetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall he taste

Acts

three uses
  • He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

    Acts 10:10

    • γεύσασθαιgeusasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

    Acts 20:11

    • γευσάμενοςgeusamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having eaten
  • They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

    Acts 23:14

    • γεύσασθαιgeusasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat

Colossians

one use
  • “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

    Colossians 2:21

    • γεύσῃgeuseverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may taste

Hebrews

three uses
  • But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

    Hebrews 2:9

    • γεύσηταιgeusetaiverb · aorist middle form, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may taste
  • It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

    Hebrews 6:4

    • γευσαμένουςgeusamenousverb · aorist middle form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having tasted
  • who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

    Hebrews 6:5

    • γευσαμένουςgeusamenousverb · aorist middle form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having tasted

1 Peter

one use
  • now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

    1 Peter 2:3

    • ἐγεύσασθεegeusastheverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have tasted

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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