Word

ὀσμή

osmḗ · G3744 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

smell, scent, odor

The scent or odor of a substance, whether agreeable or disagreeable

Examples
John 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:16 to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 3 groups

εὐωδίαaroma 2
γνῶσιςknowledge 1
μύρονperfume 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

σύyou 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

φανερόωto reveal, to make known, to appear 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐκfrom 2
εἰςto 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

רֵיחַ rêyach · H7381 · odor, scent, aroma: Hebrew רֵיחַ (rêyach, H7381) and Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, G3744) both denote fragrance, scent, or smell in both literal (physical odor) and figurative (metaphorical acceptance/pleasing quality) senses, with the Greek term consistently rendering the Hebrew in LXX contexts including sacrificial 'pleasing aroma' formulae.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Smell, scent, odor79.45: ὀσμή names a perceivable scent, used figuratively by Paul for the effect of gospel proclamation: “to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life.” (2 Corinthians 2:16)

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὄζω ózō · G3605 · to stink, to have a bad smell · 1×ὀσμήosmḗ · G3744εὐωδία euōdía · G2175 · aroma, fragrance · 3×ὄσφρησις ósphrēsis · G3750 · sense of smell · 1×

Also from the root ὄζω

ἡδύοσμον hēdýosmon · G2238 · mint · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀσμῆς, ἡ (ὄζω (which see)), a smell, odor: Jn 12:3; 2 Cor 2:14; θανάτου (L T Tr WH ἐκ…

ὀσμῆς, ἡ (ὄζω (which see)), a smell, odor: Jn 12:3; 2 Cor 2:14; θανάτου (L T Tr WH ἐκ θανάτου), such an odor as is emitted by death (i. e. by a deadly, pestiferous thing, a dead body), and itself causes death, 2 Cor 2:16; ζωῆς (or ἐκ ζωῆς) such as is diffused (or emitted) by life, and itself imparts life, ibid. (A. V. both times savor); ὀσμή εὐωδίας, Eph 5:2; Phm 4:18; see εὐωδία, b. (Tragg., Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, others; in Homer ὀδμή; the Sept. for רֵיחַ.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Fragrance, Odor6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0