noun · feminine
osmas
Strong’sG3744
an odor
stem osm-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
ὀσμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ὄζω), [in LXX chiefly for רֵיחַ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3744 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidos-may'
fragrance (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G3605;
King Jamesodour, savour.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect form of the older ὀδμή (see. near the end), smell, odour, frequently of foul smells, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή Refs 8th c.BC+; πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸς.. ὀδμήν, of seals, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i.e. τοῦ νεκροῦ).. πεφευγότες Refs 5th c.BC+; but also of fragrant odours, ὡς καλὴν ὀσμὴν ἔχει Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, scent, perfume, Refs 5th c.BC+; on ὀ. as affecting the sense,Refs 4th c.BC+
II the sense of smell, ={ὄσφρησις}, Refs 3rd c.AD+ —The older form ὀδμή (compare ὄδωδα, ὄζ-ω, od-or) is alone used by Refs 8th c.BC+; it occurs also in Refs 4th c.BC+ [same place], and in later Prose, Refs 4th c.BC+; but ὀσμή is Attic dialect accusative to Refs 2nd c.AD+; also Ionic dialect, Refs
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 nominative | osmas2×ὀσμὴ | osmais |
| object accusative | osman3×ὀσμὴν | osmain |
| direct address vocative | osmar | osmair |
| of, belonging to genitive | osmau1×ὀσμῆς | osmaiu |
| to, for dative | osma | osmai |
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
osma 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
osmas“aroma”subjectnominative singular2×
2 Corinthians 2:16“aroma”hoi men osmas ek thanatou eis thanaton, hoi de …To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance …
2 Corinthians 2:16… ek thanatou eis thanaton, hoi de osmas ek zōau eis zōan. kai pros …… brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is …
osman“aroma”objectaccusative singular3×
2 Corinthians 2:14… nin en to Christo kai tan osman tau gnōsiau autou fanerarōnto dia nu …… and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Ephesians 5:2“aroma”… prosforan kai thusian to theo eis osman euōdiau.… as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Philippians 4:18“aroma”… decherantos para Epafroditou teim para vu, osman euōdiau, thusian dektan, euarestan to theo.… I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
osmau“fragrance”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
John 12:3… tas de oikias plērita ek tau osmau teu mureu.… the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.