What does ἄρωμα (árōma) mean in the Bible?
ἄρωμα (árōma): Aromatic spices used for anointing and preserving the dead in Jewish burial practices
Greek · G759
ἄρωμα
An aromatic
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ἄρωμα G759
Pronunciation árōma
What does ἄρωμα (árōma) mean in the Bible?
ἄρωμα (árōma): Aromatic spices used for anointing and preserving the dead in Jewish burial practices
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G759?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include spices (3), [the] spices (1).
Where does ἄρωμα (árōma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 16:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), John (1), Mark (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 spices 3× Mark 16:1, Luke 23:56, John 19:40
[the] spices 1× Luke 24:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 16:1
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Mark 1 Luke 2 John 1
Source forms
ἀρώματα 3x arōmata Mark 16:1, Luke 23:56, Luke 24:1
ἀρωμάτων 1x arōmatōn John 19:40
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 3x Mark 16:1, Luke 23:56, Luke 24:1
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x John 19:40
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Aromatic spices used for anointing and preserving the dead in Jewish burial practices
Strong's G759
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
an aromatic
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 16:1 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρώματα, arwmata
spice, perfume
Read verse Luke 23:56 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρώματα arwmata
spice, perfume
Read verse Luke 24:1 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρώματα, arwmata
spice, perfume
Read verse John 19:40 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ἀρωμάτων, arwmatwn
spice, perfume
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 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter John 19:40 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Mark 16:1 · Luke 23:56 · Luke 24:1 3×
Word Origins
ἄρωμα 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