γεύω

γεύω, γεύομαι,

[in LXX chiefly for טעם ;]

to make to taste. Mid., to taste eat: absol., ApG 10,10; 20,11, Kol 2,21; with genitive, Matt 27,34, Luk 14,24, ApG 23,14; with accusative (not cl., but see Westc, Heb., l.with; M, Pr., 66, 245), Joh 2,9, Metaphorical, Hebr 6,4 ῥῆμα θεοῦ, Hebr 6,5 (on case, see supr., and cf. Milligan, NTD, 68) θανάτου (cf. Talmudic טַעַם מִיתָה), Matt 16,28, Mark 9,1, Luk 9,27, Joh 8,52, Hebr 2,9; before ὅτι, 1 Pet 2,3 (Cremer, 148).†