verb
geuomō
Strong’sG1089
I taste, experience
stem geu-15 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books9 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Taste, or eat food — used of literally tasting or partaking of something, whether absolutely (without an object) or with a following word for what is tasted 1234.
By extension, to experience, especially something beyond ordinary physical taste — used of experiencing death, of experiencing a heavenly gift or the word of God, and of experiencing that the Lord is good 124. In wider Greek usage this same figurative sense could also cover trying or making proof of something, such as testing an enemy in battle or tasting the sweets of power or freedom 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
γεύω,
[in LXX chiefly for טעם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1089 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidghyoo'-om-ahee
to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
Froma primary verb;
King Jameseat, taste.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future γεύσω Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist ἔγευσα Refs 5th c.BC+: —middle, future γεύσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἐγευσάμην Refs; γεύσεται, -σόμεθα, Epic dialect for -ηται, -ώμεθα, Refs 8th c.BC+: 3rd.pers. plural optative γευσαίατο Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect γέγευμαι Refs 4th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐγέγευντο Refs 5th c.BC+:—give a taste of, γλυκὺν γεύσας τὸν αἰῶνα Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle, γεύομαι, with perfect and pluperfect passive, taste, with genitive, προικὸς γεύσεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀλλήλων ἐγέγευντο they had tasted, eaten of.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 take food, NT+5th c.BC+; dine, PLond. unpublishedRefs 4th c.AD+
II.3 metaphorically, taste, make proof of, feel, δουρὸς ἀκωκῆς ἡμετέροιο γεύσεται Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε.. γευσόμεθ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἐγχείῃσιν let us try one another with the spear, Refs 8th c.BC+; taste the sweets of, ἀρχῆς, ἐλευθερίης, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀλκᾶς, στεφάνων, Refs; of a married woman, ἀνδρὸς γεγευμένη Refs 4th c.BC+; γ. πόνων to have experience of them, Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. ἐμπύρων make trial of them, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit ju[snull]áte 'enjoy', Latin gusto.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| geuetiγεύσεταί | will happen · he/she/itfuture middle indicative 3rd person singular | taste | 1× |
| geuetaἐγεύσατο | happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular | tasted | 1× |
| geuevaἐγεύσασθε | happened · yeaorist middle indicative 2nd person plural | tasted | 1× |
| geueseiaγεύσῃ | happened · youaorist middle subjunctive 2nd person singular | taste | 1× |
| geueteiaγεύσηται | happened · he/she/itaorist middle subjunctive 3rd person singular | taste | 2× |
| geueleiaγεύσωνται | happened · theyaorist middle subjunctive 3rd person plural | taste | 3× |
| geueraγεύσασθαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive | eat | 2× |
| geuerantosγευσάμενος | happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine | eaten | 2× |
| geuerantoinγευσαμένους | happened · objectaorist middle participle accusative plural masculine | tasted | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geuomō | geuome | geuomē | geuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | geuosō | geuose | geuosē | geuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geuotō | geuote | geuotē | geuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | geuonō | geuone | geuonē | geuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuovō | geuove | geuovē | geuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | geuolō | geuole | geuolē | geuolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geuemi | geuema |
| you 2nd person singular | geuesi | geuesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geueti1×γεύσεταί | geueta1×ἐγεύσατο |
| we 1st person plural | geueni | geuena |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuevi | geueva1×ἐγεύσασθε |
| they 3rd person plural | geueli | geuela |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 6 occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geuomeiō | geuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | geuoseiō | geuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geuoteiō | geuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | geuoneiō | geuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuoveiō | geuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | geuoleiō | geuoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geuemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | geueseia1×γεύσῃ |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geueteia2×γεύσηται |
| we 1st person plural | geueneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | geueveia |
| they 3rd person plural | geueleia3×γεύσωνται |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | geuosōr | geuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geuotōr | geuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuovōr | geuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | geuolōr | geuolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | geuesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geuetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuevar |
| they 3rd person plural | geuelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | geuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | geuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | geuoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geuemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | geuesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geuetoia |
| we 1st person plural | geuenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | geuevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | geueloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | geuorō | geuorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | geueri | geuera2×γεύσασθαι |
Used as an adjective — participle, 4 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | geuorōntos | geuorēntos | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | geuerintos | geuerantos4×γευσάμενος |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
geu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
15 occurrences, every one of them listed
geueti“taste”will happen · he/she/itfuture middle indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 14:24… oudenos toiu androiu ekeinoiu toiu kalorēntoiu geueti mu teu deipneu.… those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
geueta“tasted”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 2:9hōs de geueta tos architriklinos tem hudem oinon genorēntem, …and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned …
geueva“tasted”happened · yeaorist middle indicative 2nd person plural1×
1 Peter 2:3ei geueva hoti chrēstos tos kurios.now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
geueseia“taste”happened · youaorist middle subjunctive 2nd person singular1×
Colossians 2:21Mē hapteseia mēde geueseia mēde thinganaseia,“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
geueteia“taste”happened · he/she/itaorist middle subjunctive 3rd person singular2×
John 8:52… ton logon mu tērateia, ouk mē geueteia thanatou eis ton aiōnon;… who keeps Your word will never taste death.
Hebrews 2:9… stefanorēnton, hopōs chōris theou huper pantou geueteia thanatou.… the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
geueleia“taste”happened · theyaorist middle subjunctive 3rd person plural3×
Matthew 16:28… toiu hōde stēarēntoiu hotinois ouk mē geueleia thanatou heōs an horaleia ton huion …… who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son …
Mark 9:1… toiu hōde stēarēntoiu hotinois ouk mē geueleia thanatou heōs an horaleia tan basileian …… some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom …
Luke 9:27… toiu autou stēarēntoiu hois ouk mē geueleia thanatou heōs an horaleia tan basileian …… who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom …
geuera“eat”happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive2×
Acts 10:10geneta de prospeinos kai thelate geuera; paraskeuazarōntoiu de autoiu geneta epi auton …… became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being …
Acts 23:14“taste”… presbuteroi legala; Anatheme anathematizana heautoin mēdeneu geuera heōs hou apoktenaneia ton Paulon.… priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
geuerantos“eaten”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine2×
Matthew 27:34“tasted”… pinara oinon meta cholau migorēnton; kai geuerantos ouk thelata pinara.… offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.
Acts 20:11“eaten”… de kai klarantos ton arton kai geuerantos epi hikanon tē homilarantos achri augau, …Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he …
geuerantoin“tasted”happened · objectaorist middle participle accusative plural masculine2×
Hebrews 6:4Adunatem gar toin hapax fōtizirantoin geuerantoin tē tau dōreau tau epouranau kai …… have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared …
Hebrews 6:5kai kalem geuerantoin theou rēmem dunamiain tē mellarōntou aiōnou,who have tasted the goodness of the word of …