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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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!
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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.
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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.
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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