Greek noun (neuter) · G2368
θυμίαμα
thymiamathoo-mee'-am-ah
incense
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thymíama
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2368is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2368
an aroma, i.e. fragrant powder burnt in religious service; by implication, the burning itself
The King James renders it: incense, odour.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
thymiama is rendered "incense". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:10And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
Luke 1:10θυμιάματος.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- incense5
- of incenses1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θυμιάω | thymiao | to burn incense | Uses1 |
| θυμιαστήριον | thymiasterion | incense altar | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θυμιάματα2
- θυμιαμάτων2
- θυμιάματος1
- θυμιάματος.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1N-NPN
Luke
two uses
And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- θυμιάματος.¶thumiamatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: incense
Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
- θυμιάματοςthumiamatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: incense
Revelation
four uses
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- θυμιαμάτωνthumiamatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: of incenses
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- θυμιάματαthumiamatanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: incense
And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.
- θυμιαμάτωνthumiamatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: incense
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
- θυμιάματαthumiamatanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: incense
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.