savor

SA'VOR, noun [Latin sapor, sapio, to taste.] 1. Taste or odor; something that perceptibly affects the organs of taste and smell; as the savor of an orange or rose; an ill savor; a sweet savor I smell sweet savors - In Scripture, it usually denotes smell, scent, odor. Leviticus 26:1. Ecclesiastes 10:1. 2. The quality which renders a thing valuable; the quality which renders other bodies agreeable to the taste. If the salt hath lost its savor - Matthew 5:1. 3. In Scripture, character; reputation. Exodus 5:1. 4. Cause; occasion. 2 Corinthians 2:1. Sweet savor in Scripture, denotes that which renders a thing acceptable to God, or his acceptance. Hence, to smell a sweet savor is to accept the offering or service. Genesis 8:1. SA'VOR, verb intransitive 1. To have a particular smell or taste. 2. To partake of the quality or nature of; or to have the appearance of. The answers savor of a humble spirit; or they savor of pride. I have rejected every thing that savors of party. SA'VOR, verb transitive 1. To like; to taste or smell with pleasure. 2. To like; to delight in; to favor. Mat 16.