טְעֵם teem

Hebrew word for “command” · Strong’s H2942 · used 28 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

1) report, taste; 1a) taste; 1b) report

How it is translated

Glosses given for teem in context, with how often each is used:

• decree 20
• command 3
• discretion 3
• decree the 1
• taste 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 6 (6), Ezra 4 (5), Ezra 5 (4), Ezra 7 (3), Daniel 3 (3), Daniel 6 (2), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 5 (1)

Forms

• טעם 24
• טעמא 1
• ומטעם 1
• וטעם 1
• בטעם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with teem more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שׂוּם sum “to set” 19
• דִּי di “that” 20
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 17
• מִן־ min “from” 13
• בַּיִת bayit “house” 11
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 11
• בְּנָה benah “to build” 8
• עַל al “since” 10
• כֹּל kol “all” 9
• עֲבַד avad “to make” 7
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 6
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalem “Jerusalem” 6

Key verses

The verses using teem that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 4:9 — Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites,…
• Ezra 6:1 — Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where…
• Ezra 6:8 — Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute…
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which…
• Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and…
• Daniel 3:10 — Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of…
• Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be…
• Daniel 5:2 — Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was…
• Daniel 6:13 — Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that…
• Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.