What does ὀσμή · εὐωδία mean in the Bible?
ὀσμή · εὐωδία is a Greek phrase meaning "fragrant aroma, pleasing smell".
Greek · G3744, G2175
ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας
Fragrance (literally or figuratively) · aroma
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ὀσμή G3744 fragrance (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation osmḗ
Fragrance used metaphorically for spiritual effect or acceptability, especially sacrifice's pleasing aroma to God.
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εὐωδία G2175 aroma
Pronunciation euōdía
Fragrance metaphorically representing sacrifice and Christ's redemptive offering as pleasing to God.
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What does ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας (osmēn euōdias) mean in the Bible?
ὀσμή · εὐωδία is a Greek phrase meaning "fragrant aroma, pleasing smell".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3744, G2175?
G3744, G2175 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. fragrant aroma, pleasing smell
Source Gloss
fragrant aroma, pleasing smell
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (6)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 2:16 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine John 12:3 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 2:14 · Eph 5:2 · Phil 4:18 3×
Word Origins
ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας is built from this root:
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