noun · feminine

osfrēsias

Greekὄσφρησις (osfrēsis)

Strong’sG3750

the sense of smell

stem osfrēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

sense of smell1×

What it means

* ὄσφρησις, -εως, ἡ

(ὀσφραίνομαι, to smell),

the sense of smell, smelling: I Co 12:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3750 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidos'-fray-sis

smell (the sense)

Fromfrom a derivative of G3605;

King Jamessmelling.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	osfrēsias1×ὄσφρησις	osfrēsiais
object accusative	osfrēsian	osfrēsiain
direct address vocative	osfrēsiar	osfrēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	osfrēsiau	osfrēsiaiu
to, for dative	osfrēsia	osfrēsiai

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

osfrēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

osfrēsia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

osfrēsias“sense of smell”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 12:17“sense of smell”ei holem tem sōmem ofthalmos, pou tas akoas? ei holem akoas, pou tas osfrēsias?If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?