Word Summary
thymiama: incense
Original Word: θυμίαμαTransliteration: thymiama
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-mee'-am-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: incense
Meaning: incense
Strong's Concordance
incense, odor.
From thumiao; an aroma, i.e. Fragrant powder burnt in religious service; by implication, the burning itself -- incense, odour.
see GREEK thumiao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2368: θυμίαμαθυμίαμα,
θυμιάματος,
τό (
θυμιάω), the
Sept. mostly for
קְטֹרֶת,
an aromatic substance burnt, incense: generally in plural,
Revelation 5:8;
Revelation 8:3;
Revelation 18:13;
ἡ ὥρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, when the incense is burned,
Luke 1:10;
θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματος,
Luke 1:11. (
Sophocles,
Herodotus,
Aristophanes,
Plato,
Diodorus,
Josephus; the
Sept..)