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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2175 - εὐωδία

Transliteration

Euodía

Phonetics

yoo-o-dee'-ah

Origin

from a compound of (G2095) and a derivative of (G3605)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

2:808,285

Definition

Thayer's

a sweet smell, fragrance
a fragrant or sweet smelling thing, incense, on odour or something sweet smelling
1. an odour of acquiescence, satisfaction
2. a sweet odour, spoken of the smell of sacrifices and obligations, agreeably to the ancient notion that God smells and is pleased with the odour of sacrifices
metaph. a thing well pleasing to God

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5207 ‑ נִיחוֹחַ (nee‑kho'‑akh, nee‑kho'‑akh);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

NAS (3)

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

HCS (2)

2 Corinthians

Philippians

BSB (3)

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

ESV (2)

2 Corinthians

Philippians

WEB (3)

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

ευωδια ευωδία εὐωδία ευωδιάζων ευωδιας ευωδίας εὐωδίας euodia euodía euōdia euōdía euodias euodías euōdias euōdías

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