Account
טְעֵםStrong’s H2941taam (ta-am)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taam is the Aramaic word usually translated “report the”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.”
Meaning
- Judgment, command, discretion
How it's translated
- report the 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Aramaic dictionary
טְעֵם taam · account
judgment, command, discretion Aramaic of ta.am (טַ֫עַם "taste" H2940)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “account” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACCOUNT', verb transitive
- To deem, judge, consider, think, or hold in opinion.“I and my son Solomon shall be accounted offenders” 1 Kings 1:21
- To account of, to hold in esteem; to value.“Let a man so account of us as of ministers of Christ” 1 Corinthians 4:1
- To reckon, or compute; as, the motion of the sun whereby years are accounted - also to assign as a debt; as, a project accounted to his service; but these uses are antiquated.
All definitions and other forms of “account”
ACCOUNT', verb intransitive
- To render an account or relation of particulars.
- To give reasons; to assign the causes; to explain; with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
- To render reasons; to answer for in a responsible character.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.