savor

Ephesians 5:2 (ESV)

“And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”

Savor love

Song of Solomon 2:13 (NASB)

 ‘The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!’”

Savory companionship

SA'VOR, n. [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.

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 - Matt. 5.

3. In Scripture, character; reputation. Ex. 5.

4. Cause; occasion. 2Cor. 2.

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. Gen. 8.

Savor 

early 13c., from O.Fr. savour, from L. saporem (nom. sapor) "taste, flavor," related to sapere "to have a flavor" (see sapient)….

Sapient 

"wise," late 15c., from O.Fr. sapient, from L. sapientem (nom. sapiens), prp. of sapere "to taste, have taste, be wise," ….

John 12:3 (ESV)

“Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.”

Savor extravagantly

2 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV)

“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.”

Savory knowledge

2 Corinthians 2:16 (ESV)

“to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.”

Savor life