'Taste' in the Bible
Saul told Jonathan, "Tell me what you've done." So Jonathan spoke to him: "I did taste a little honey from the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I'm ready to die!"
Then all the people cried again because of him. Everyone tried to persuade David to have a meal while there was still daylight, but David took an oath by saying, "May God to do like this to me and more, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!"
Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white?
though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,
Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the person who trusts in him!
My son, eat honey, because it's good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
No man or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything, graze, or drink water. Instead, let both man and animal clothe themselves with sackcloth and cry out to God forcefully. Let every person turn from his evil ways and from his tendency to do violence.
"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.
Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."
Because I tell all of you, none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.'"
"Now, salt is good. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can its flavor be restored?
Then the Jewish leaders told him, "Now we really know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, but you say, "If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'
They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.