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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.
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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 anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And the LORD said to Moses, Take to thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: 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 anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - And the incense-altar, and its staffs, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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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 sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

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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 sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle-door,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - And he burnt sweet incense on it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertain the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat-offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - Behold, I build a house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual show-bread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD 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 the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the show-bread also they 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 the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
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