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1 Peter 2:3

“if you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

1 Peter 2:3 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · Psalms 34:8

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Both texts join “taste” and “good”: “taste and see that YHWH is good.”

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • ἐγεύσασθεegeusastheG1089טַעֲמוּtaamuH2938“taste”
  • χρηστὸςchrēstosG5543טוֹבtovH2896“good, kind”

1 Peter 2:3, word by word

you have tastedἐγεύσασθεegeusasthe

taste

To go through something yourself; "to sample death" means to die.

Where else “egeusasthe” appears
the Lordκύριοςkyrios

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyrios” appears
goodχρηστὸςchrēstos

kind, good

Kind, good, gracious; also pleasant, easy.

Where else “chrēstos” appears

Translation note

Recalls Psalm 34:8.

The context

2like newborn infants, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow into salvation,

3 · This verse (above)

4Coming to him, a living stone, rejected by people but chosen and precious in the sight of God,

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