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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Box Exo 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:6 - oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs -- stacte, and onycha, and galbanum -- fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - and the anointing oil, and the incense of fragrant drugs for the sanctuary: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - and the altar of incense, and its staves; and the anointing-oil, and the incense of fragrant drugs; and the entrance-curtain at the entrance of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and the spice, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of fragrant drugs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of fragrant drugs, according to the work of the perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the incense of fragrant drugs; and the curtain for the entrance of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - And he burnt on it fragrant incense; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - and the priest shall put of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense, which is in the tent of meeting, before Jehovah; and he shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil, -- the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - Behold, I build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement of the shewbread, and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings and on the sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for *we* keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but *ye* have forsaken him.
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