H4303 - מַטְעַם (maṭʻam)

H4303 מַטְעַם (maṭʻam) mat-am'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

delicacy

Strong's Definition

a delicacy

Derivation: or (feminine) מַטְעַמָּה; from H2938 (טָעַם);

KJV Usage: dainty (meat), savoury meat.

TWOT Reference: 815b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) tasty or savory food, delectable food, dainties

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1033

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

tasty or savory food, delectable food, dainties

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַטְעַמָּה / מַטְעַם maṭ‛am / maṭ‛ammâh BDB Definition: 1) tasty or savory food, delectable food, dainties Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2938 Same Word by TWOT Number: 815b Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (8)

27:4 27:7 27:9 27:14 27:17 27:31

23:3 23:6

Genesis 27:4

Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.

Genesis 27:7

Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.

Genesis 27:9

Go out... to the flock and bring me... two choice young goats..., so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father— the kind he loves.

Genesis 27:14

So [Jacob] went and got [two goats] and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.

Genesis 27:17

Then she handed... her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.

Genesis 27:31

He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to [him], My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.

Proverbs 23:3

Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the bread of a stingy man..., and do not crave his delicacies;