Greek noun (feminine) · G3744
ὀσμή
osmeos-may'
aroma
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: osmḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3744is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3744
fragrance (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: odour, savour.
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
osme is rendered "aroma". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 12:3Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
John 12:3ὀσμῆς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an odor2
- fragrance2
- a fragrance1
- an aroma1
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.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ὀσμὴν3
- ὀσμὴ2
- ὀσμῆς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
John
one use
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- ὀσμῆςosmesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: fragrance
2 Corinthians
three uses
But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
- ὀσμὴνosmennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fragrance
To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
- ὀσμὴosmenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: an odor
- ὀσμὴosmenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a fragrance
Ephesians
one use
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- ὀσμὴνosmennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an aroma
Philippians
one use
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
- ὀσμὴνosmennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an odor
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.