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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εὐωδία G2175
Pronunciation euōdía
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 aroma 1× 2 Corinthians 2:15
[They are] a fragrant [offering] 1× Philippians 4:18
a fragrant 1× Ephesians 5:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 2:15
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
2 Corinthians 1 Ephesians 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
εὐωδίας 2x euōdias Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
εὐωδία 1x euōdia 2 Corinthians 2:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 2:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fragrance metaphorically representing sacrifice and Christ's redemptive offering as pleasing to God.
Strong's G2175
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 5:1-2 Source Gloss
aroma
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 2:15 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
εὐωδία euwdia
a sweet smell
Read verse Ephesians 5:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εὐωδίας. euwdiav
a sweet smell
Read verse Philippians 4:18 Noun 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 2:15 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Eph 5:2 · Phil 4:18 2×
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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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain