Word Summary
osphrēsis: the sense of smell, smelling
Original Word: ὄσφρησιςTransliteration: osphrēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (os'-fray-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the sense of smell, smelling
Meaning: the sense of smell, smelling
Strong's Concordance
smelling.
From a derivative of ozo; smell (the sense) -- smelling.
see GREEK ozo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3750: ὄσφρησιςὄσφρησις,
ὀσφρησεως,
ἡ (
ὀσφραίνομαι (to smell)),
the sense of smell, smelling:
1 Corinthians 12:17. (
Plato, Phaedo, p. 111 b. ((yet cf. Stallbaum at the passage));
Aristotle,
Theophrastus.)