Bible Dictionary: Flavor

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

2. (n.) That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

3. (n.) That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

4. (n.) That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

5. (v. t.) To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Greek

741. artuo -- to make ready, to season (food)
... to make ready, to season (food). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: artuo Phonetic
Spelling: (ar-too'-o) Short Definition: I season, flavor Definition: prop ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7544. reqach -- spice
... spiced. From raqach; properly, perfumery, ie (by implication) spicery (for flavor) --
spiced. see HEBREW raqach. 7543, 7544. reqach. 7545 . Strong's Numbers
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2942. teem -- taste, judgment, command
... (Aramaic) from t'am, and equivalent to ta'am; properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment
(both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subj. ...
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2940. taam -- taste, judgment
... Word Origin from taam Definition taste, judgment NASB Word Usage decree (1),
discernment (3), discreet (1), discretion (1), flavor (1), sanity (1), taste (4). ...
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Library

Good Works.
... As it is the peculiar habit of a peach-tree, through its ascending life, to impart
to the fruit the flavor of the peach, and of the grape-vine to give to its ...
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Disclosure of the Monstrous Tenets of the Manichæans.
... some animals. And the smell of food, when cooked along with flesh of delicate
flavor, is better than if cooked without it. Once ...
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Flee Away, My Beloved, and be Thou Like to a Roe or to a Young ...
... qualities of its own, it is ready to receive all sorts of impressions with facility;
tasteless in it self, it may be infinitely varied in flavor; colorless, it ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/14 flee away my beloved.htm

Meditation on God
... You know, when we have been taking some kind of medicine, and our mouth has been
impregnated with a strong flavor, whatever we eat acquires that taste. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/meditation on god.htm

Book Two He Concentrates Here on his Sixteenth Year, a Year of ...
... There was a pear tree close to our own vineyard, heavily laden with fruit, which
was not tempting either for its color or for its flavor. ...
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The Blood of the Covenant
... dainty stores of the honey of devotion from all sources, but that upon which she
longest tarries in her meditations yields a paramount savor and flavor to the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 20 1874/the blood of the covenant.htm

Tobacco.
... tobacco its odor. This odor and the flavor of tobacco are developed by
fermentation in the process of preparation for use. "Poison" is ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/i tobacco.htm

Book Three the Story of his Student Days in Carthage, his ...
... longing for. My God, my mercy, with how much bitterness didst thou, out
of thy infinite goodness, flavor that sweetness for me! For ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book three the story of.htm

Lorimer -- the Fall of Satan
... His pulpit manner always retained a flavor of dramatic style that contributed
to his popularity. LORIMER. 1838"1904. THE FALL OF SATAN[1]. ...
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Introduction
... phrase "Little Flowers" has, in English, a vague aroma of sentiment and propaganda,
and by virtue of the diminutive it has acquired a similar flavor even in ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/introduction.htm

Thesaurus

Flavor (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That quality of anything which affects the smell;
odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose. ...Flavor (2 Occurrences). ...
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Savor (51 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste
and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ...
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Relish (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably. 3. (vi) To have a pleasing
or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor. ...
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Race (36 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage
of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence ...
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Spice (25 Occurrences)
... or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice,
ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles ...
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Salt (45 Occurrences)
... particles. 2. (n.) Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. 3 ... NIV). Job
6:6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or ...
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Targum
... This gives the language of the Targum an antique flavor which may be seen when it
is compared with that of the Palestinian lectionary discovered by Mrs. Gibson ...
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Press (57 Occurrences)
... 8 ("dregs"); Jeremiah 48:11; Zechariah 1:12 in Isaiah 25:6 the word is used for
the wine as well), from which the "wines on the lees" gather strength and flavor...
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Flavius

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Taste (46 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of
(anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. ...
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Bible Concordance

Flavor (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
(WEB)

Job 6:6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Flavor

Related Terms

Savor (51 Occurrences)

Relish (1 Occurrence)

Race (36 Occurrences)

Spice (25 Occurrences)

Salt (45 Occurrences)

Targum

Press (57 Occurrences)

Flavius