Strong’s H4303 · Hebrew

מַטְעַם
maṭʻam
mat-am'

Definition

a delicacy

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

  • dainty (meat)
  • savoury meat

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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