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Lexicon :: Strong's H5561 - sam

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סַם
Transliteration
sam
Pronunciation
sam
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to smell sweet
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TWOT Reference: 1516a

Strong’s Definitions

סַם çam, sam; from an unused root meaning to smell sweet; an aroma:—sweet (spice).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5561 in the following manner: sweet (14x), sweet spices (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5561 in the following manner: sweet (14x), sweet spices (3x).

  1. spice

    1. a spice used in incense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סַם çam, sam; from an unused root meaning to smell sweet; an aroma:—sweet (spice).
STRONGS H5561: Abbreviations
[סַם] 16 noun masculine spice, used in incense; — only plural absolute סַמִּים, and only P, Chronicles; Exodus 30:34 (twice in verse), elsewhere (הַ)סַּמִּים קְטֹרֶת incense of spices Exodus 25:6 + 8 times Exodus; Leviticus 4:7; Leviticus 16:12; Numbers 4:16; 2 Chronicles 2:3; 2 Chronicles 3:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:6; 30:34

Leviticus

4:7; 16:12

Numbers

4:16

2 Chronicles

2:3; 3:11

H5561

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5561 matches the Hebrew סַם (sam),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be [fn]an equal weight of each.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded thee shall they make them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and the compounds both for the anointing oil, and the composition of the incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - (LXX 38:25) He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - (LXX 39:15) and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer—the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - (LXX 2:3) behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and to offer shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this is a perpetual statute for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - they sacrifice to the Lord whole-burnt-offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and set the shewbread on the pure table; and there is the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.
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