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Lexicon :: Strong's G2238 - hēdyosmon

Strong's

Red Letter

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)

Greek Inflections of ἡδύοσμον [?]

mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)

ἡδύοσμον — 2x

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Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.]

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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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“Woe^G3759 to you, scribes^G1122 and Pharisees^G5330, hypocrites^G5273! For you tithe^G586 mint^G2238 and dill^G432 and [fn]cumin^G2951, and have neglected^G863 the weightier^G926 provisions^G926 of the Law^G3551: justice^G2920 and mercy^G1656 and faithfulness^G4102; but these^G3778 are the things you should^G1163 have done^G4160 without^G3361 neglecting^G863 the others^G2548.

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“But woe^G3759 to you Pharisees^G5330! For you pay^G586 tithe^G586 of mint^G2238 and rue^G4076 and every^G3956 kind of garden^G3001 herb^G3001, and yet disregard^G3928 justice^G2920 and the love^G26 of God^G2316, but these^G3778 are the things^G3778 you should^G1163 have done^G4160 without^G3361 neglecting^G3935 the others^G2548.

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