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Lexicon :: Strong's G2238 - hēdyosmon

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ἡδύοσμον
Transliteration
hēdyosmon (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-doo'-os-mon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the compound of the same as ἡδέως (G2234) and ὀσμή (G3744)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἡδύοσμον hēdýosmon, hay-doo'-os-mon; neuter of the compound of the same as G2234 and G3744; a sweet-scented plant, i.e. mint:—mint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2238 in the following manner: mint (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2238 in the following manner: mint (2x).

  1. sweet smelling, garden mint

    1. a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to scatter on the floors of their houses and synagogues

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡδύοσμον hēdýosmon, hay-doo'-os-mon; neuter of the compound of the same as G2234 and G3744; a sweet-scented plant, i.e. mint:—mint.
STRONGS G2238:
ἡδύοσμος, -ον, (ἡδύς and ὀσμή), sweet-smelling (Pliny, jucunde olens); neuter τὸ ἡδ. as a substantive garden-mint (equivalent to μίνθη, Strabo 8, 3, 14, p. 344; Theophrastus, hist. plant. 7, 7; cf. caus. plant. 6, 22 (20)), a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to strew the floors of their houses and synagogues; (it was called by them מִינְתָּא, see Buxtorf, Lex. talm. under the word, p. 1228 [p. 623, Fischer edition]): Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42. [BB. DD.; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 200.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:23
Luke
11:42

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Strong's Number G2238 matches the Greek ἡδύοσμον (hēdyosmon),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint G2238 and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint G2238 and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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