What does εὐωδία (euōdía) mean in the Bible?
εὐωδία (euōdía): Fragrance metaphorically representing sacrifice and Christ's redemptive offering as pleasing to God.
Greek · G2175
εὐωδία
Aroma
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εὐωδίαG2175
Pronunciationeuōdía
What does εὐωδία (euōdía) mean in the Bible?
εὐωδία (euōdía): Fragrance metaphorically representing sacrifice and Christ's redemptive offering as pleasing to God.
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How does the BSB render G2175?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] sweet aroma (1), [They are] a fragrant [offering] (1), a fragrant (1).
Where does εὐωδία (euōdía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 2:15. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] sweet aroma1×2 Corinthians 2:15
[They are] a fragrant [offering]1×Philippians 4:18
a fragrant1×Ephesians 5:2
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First aligned row2 Corinthians 2:15
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
2 Corinthians1Ephesians1Philippians1
Source forms
εὐωδίας2xeuōdiasEphesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
εὐωδία1xeuōdia2 Corinthians 2:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xEphesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 2:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fragrance metaphorically representing sacrifice and Christ's redemptive offering as pleasing to God.
Strong'sG2175
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 5:1-2Source Gloss
aroma
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Fragrance metaphorically representing sacrifice and Christ's redemptive offering as pleasing to God.
(εὐώδης, fragrant; ὄζω) [in LXX for נִיחוֹחַ, Gen.8:21, al. (ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας); Sir.20:9 24:15, al. ;] fragrance: metaphorically, Χριστοῦ εὐ,., 2Co.2:15; ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας (a metaphor of sacrifice, most frequently in Pent. and Ez.), Eph.5:2, Php.4:18.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 2:15Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
εὐωδίαeuwdia
a sweet smell
Read verseEphesians 5:2Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εὐωδίας.euwdiav
a sweet smell
Read versePhilippians 4:18Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εὐωδίας,euwdiav
a sweet smell
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 2:151×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineEph 5:2 · Phil 4:182×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Christ's sacrifice as a pleasing fragrance or offering to God
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Word Origins
εὐωδία is built from these roots:
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