noun · neuter
hēduosmem
Strong’sG2238
mint, peppermint
stem hēduosm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἡδύ-οσμος, -ον
(< ἡδύς, ὀσμή)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2238 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
sweet-smelling, fragrant, στρώματα Refs 5th c.BC+
II ἡδύοσμον, τό,= μίνθη, green mint, Mentha viridis, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ. ἄγριον wild mint, M. longifolia, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | hēduosmem | hēduosmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | hēduosmeu | hēduosmeiu |
| to, for dative | hēduosme | hēduosmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hēduosme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hēduosmem2×
Matthew 23:23… kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti apodekatavō tem hēduosmem kai tem anēthem kai tem kuminem, …… you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have …
Luke 11:42… vi toi Farisaioi, hoti apodekatavō tem hēduosmem kai tem pēganem kai pantem lachanem, …… Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you …