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 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
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
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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.’”
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- γεύσασθαιgeusasthaiverb · aorist middle form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
Colossians
one use
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
- 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.
- 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,
- 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—
- 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.
- 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.
