Word Summary
osmē: a smell
Original Word: ὀσμήTransliteration: osmē
Phonetic Spelling: (os-may')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a smell
Meaning: a smell
Strong's Concordance
a smell, aroma, fragrance
From ozo; fragrance (literally or figuratively) -- odour, savour.
see GREEK ozo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3744: ὀσμήὀσμή,
ὀσμῆς,
ἡ (
ὄζω (which see)),
a smell, odor:
John 12:3;
2 Corinthians 2:14;
θανάτου (
L T Tr WH ἐκ θανάτου), such an odor as is emitted by death (i. e. by a deadly, pestiferous thing, a dead body), and itself causes death,
2 Corinthians 2:16;
ζωῆς (or
ἐκ ζωῆς) such as is diffused (or emitted) by life, and itself imparts life, ibid. (
A. V. both times
savor);
ὀσμή εὐωδίας,
Ephesians 5:2;
Philippians 4:18; see
εὐωδία, b. (Tragg.,
Thucydides,
Xenophon,
Plato, others; in
Homer ὀδμή; the
Sept. for
רֵיחַ.)