SAVORn.
[L. 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 26:31; 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 5:13.
3. In Scripture, character; reputation. Exodus 5:21
4. Cause; occasion. 2 Corinthians 2:14-16.
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 8:21.
SAVORv.i.
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.
SAVORv.t.
1. To like; to taste or smell with pleasure.
2. To like; to delight in; to favor. Matthew 16:23.