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Strong's #2175 - εὐωδία
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εὐωδ-ία,
Ion. -ιη, ἡ, sweet smell, Hdt. 4.75, X. Smp. 2.3, etc.; esp. of sacrifices, ὀσμὴ -ίας LXX Genesis 8:21 : metaph. in Ephesians 5:2 : in pl., Pl. Ti. 65a: in pl., also, fragrant substances, D.S. 1.84.
εὐωδία , -ας , ἡ
(<εὐώδης , fragrant; <ὄζω ),
[in LXX for H5207, Genesis 8:21, al. (ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας ); Sirach 20:9; Sirach 24:15, al.;]
fragrance: metaph., Χριστοῦ εὐ ,., 2 Corinthians 2:15; ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας (a metaphor of sacrifice, most freq. in Pent. and Ez.), Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 4:18.†
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For the adj. cf. P Amh II. 133.7 (early ii/A.D.) ἠγορά [κ ]αμέν σοι εὐώδη κεράμια ἑκατόν, ";I have bought for you a hundred sweet-smelling jars"; (Edd.), P Oxy IX. 1211.4 (ii/A.D.) οἴνου εὐώδη κεράμ (ια) β ̄, P Leid Wi. 15 (ii/iii A.D.) στύραξ, ἐστὶν γὰρ βαρὶς (l. βαρὺς) καὶ εὐώδης. Nestle contributes two interesting notes on the NT use of the subst. in ZNTW iv. p. 272, vii. p. 95 f.
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