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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7381

רֵיחַ

reachray'-akh

aroma

58 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: rêyach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7381is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 23
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7381

odor (as if blown)

The King James renders it: savour, scent, smell.

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

reach is rendered "aroma". It stands 58 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Eighteen of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.

The first use

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Genesis 8:21רֵ֣יחַ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eighteen of the word's fifty-eight uses are in Numbers.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • an odor of23
  • to an odor of15
  • and odor of3
  • odor of3
  • smell of2
  • an odor1
  • and aroma its1
  • and fragrance1
  • from scent of1
  • in an odor of1
  • in odor of1
  • like odor of1

and 5 more, 58 uses in all

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.

רֵיחַreachsmellUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 58, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

23 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

  • רֵֽיחַ־8
  • רֵ֣יחַ7
  • רֵ֥יחַ7
  • לְרֵ֣יחַ5
  • לְרֵ֥יחַ5
  • לְרֵ֤יחַ4
  • וְרֵ֥יחַ3
  • רֵ֤יחַ3
  • רֵ֚יחַ2
  • בְּרֵ֖יחַ1
  • בְּרֵ֣יחַ1
  • וְרֵ֥יחַֽ1

and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)28HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)20HR/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcmsc/Sp1bp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa

Genesis

four uses
  • When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

    Genesis 8:21

    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: odor of
  • So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

    Genesis 27:27

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: smell of
    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: smell of
    • כְּרֵ֣יחַkereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like smell of

Exodus

four uses
  • “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

    Exodus 5:21

    • רֵיחֵ֗נוּreichenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: odor our
  • Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Exodus 29:18

    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Exodus 29:25

    • לְרֵ֤יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Exodus 29:41

    • לְרֵ֣יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of

Leviticus

seventeen uses
  • The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 1:9

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 1:13

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 1:17

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 2:2

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 2:9

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

    Leviticus 2:12

    • לְרֵ֥יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 3:5

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

    Leviticus 3:16

    • לְרֵ֣יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

    Leviticus 4:31

    • לְרֵ֥יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 6:15

    • רֵ֧יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; you are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 6:21

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Leviticus 8:21

    • לְרֵֽיחַ־lereiach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Leviticus 8:28

    • לְרֵ֣יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 17:6

    • לְרֵ֥יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

    Leviticus 23:13

    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Leviticus 23:18

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

    Leviticus 26:31

    • בְּרֵ֖יחַbereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in odor of

Numbers

eighteen uses
  • and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—

    Numbers 15:3

    • רֵ֤יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 15:7

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Also present half a hin of wine as a drink offering. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 15:10

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 15:13

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do.

    Numbers 15:14

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

    Numbers 15:24

    • לְרֵ֤יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 18:17

    • לְרֵ֥יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.

    Numbers 28:2

    • רֵ֚יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: odor of
  • This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Numbers 28:6

    • לְרֵ֣יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 28:8

    • רֵ֥יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Numbers 28:13

    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Offer the same food each day for seven days as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.

    Numbers 28:24

    • רֵֽיחַ־reiach-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

    Numbers 28:27

    • לְרֵ֤יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

    Numbers 29:2

    • לְרֵ֤יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Numbers 29:6

    • לְרֵ֣יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

    Numbers 29:8

    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

    Numbers 29:13

    • רֵ֤יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

    Numbers 29:36

    • רֵ֤יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of

Job

one use
  • at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

    Job 14:9

    • מֵרֵ֣יחַmereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from scent of

Song of Solomon

eight uses
  • The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

    Song of Solomon 1:3

    • לְרֵ֙יחַ֙lereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to odor
  • While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

    Song of Solomon 1:12

    • רֵיחֽוֹ׃reichonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: odor its
  • The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

    Song of Solomon 2:13

    • רֵ֑יחַreiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: odor
  • How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

    Song of Solomon 4:10

    • וְרֵ֥יחַvereiachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and odor of
  • Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

    Song of Solomon 4:11

    • וְרֵ֥יחַvereiachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and odor of
    • כְּרֵ֥יחַkereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like odor of
  • I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

    Song of Solomon 7:8

    • וְרֵ֥יחַvereiachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and odor of
  • The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

    Song of Solomon 7:13

    • רֵ֗יחַreiachnoun · masculine singulartagged: an odor

Jeremiah

one use
  • Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

    Jeremiah 48:11

    • וְרֵיח֖וֹvereichoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and aroma its

Ezekiel

four uses
  • Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

    Ezekiel 6:13

    • רֵ֣יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an odor of
  • And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 16:19

    • לְרֵ֥יחַlereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an odor of
  • When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.

    Ezekiel 20:28

    • רֵ֚יחַreiachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: odor of
  • When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.

    Ezekiel 20:41

    • בְּרֵ֣יחַbereiachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in an odor of

Hosea

one use
  • His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

    Hosea 14:6

    • וְרֵ֥יחַֽvereiachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fragrance

The letters

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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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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