Words the Bible translates as discretion
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- te'emטְעֵםan official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
+2 more meanings
- good sense: the sound judgment and tact to say and do the fitting thing.
- the taste of food or drink; the act of tasting.
- mezimmahמְזִמָּהa deliberate, calculated design formed in the mind: a settled plan that reads as shrewd prudence, wicked scheming, or God's fixed purpose, depending on who makes it and to what end
- sekhelשֵׂכֶלinsight: the clear-headed good sense that sizes up a situation and acts on it wisely
- ta'amטַעַםthe flavor of a food or drink: what it tastes like on the tongue.
+2 more meanings
- good sense: the sound judgment a person shows in sizing up a situation and acting fittingly.
- an official order: the binding decision a king or governing authority hands down.
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