Genesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
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Smell
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Philippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
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7 occurrences in 6 verses.
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רֵיחַ
rêyach · ray'-akh
11 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences
odor (as if blown)
Strong's KJV usage: savour, scent, smell.
Strong's first: Genesis 27:27Strong's last: Hosea 14:6
Open full H7381 profile →רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
5 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, smell, × touch, make of quick understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 30:38Strong's last: Amos 5:21
Open full H7306 profile →εὐωδία
euōdía · yoo-o-dee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
good-scentedness, i.e. fragrance
Strong's KJV usage: :--sweet savour (smell, -smelling).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Philippians 4:18Strong's last: Philippians 4:18
Open full G2175 profile →בֶּשֶׂם
besem · beh'-sem
1 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
Strong's KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Strong's first: Isaiah 3:24Strong's last: Isaiah 3:24
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rêyach · ray'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: smell.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:27Strong's last: Daniel 3:27
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H7381
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
H7381
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
H7381
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
H7306
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
H7306
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
H7306
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
no direct Strong's tag
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
H7306
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
H7381
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
H7381
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
H7381
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
H7381
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
H7381
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
H7381
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
H7381
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
H1314
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
H7382
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
H7381
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
H7306
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
G2175
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
English meaning and historical usage.
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smell
SMELL, verb transitive pret and participle passive smelled, smelt. [I have not found this word in any other language.] TO perceive by the nose, or by the olfactory nerves; to have a sensation excited in certain organs of the nose by particular qualities of a body, which are transmitted in fine particles, often form a distance; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
TO smell OUT, is a low phrase signifying to find out by sagacity.
TO smell A RAT, is a low phrase signifying to suspect strongly.
SMELL, verb intransitive
1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or particualr scent; followed by of; as to smell of smoke; to smell of musk.
2. To have a particular tincuture or smack or any quality; as, a report smells of calumny. [Not elegant.]
3. To practice smelling. Exodus 30:38.
4. To exercise sagacity.
SMELL, noun
1. The sense of faculty by which through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves; or the faculty of perceiving by the organs of the nose; one of the five senses. In some species of beasts, the smell is remark able acute, particularly in the canine species.
2. Scent; odor; the quality of bodies which affects the olfactory organs; as the smell of mint; the smell of geranium. The sweetest smell in the air is that of the white double violet.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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