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Lexicon :: Strong's G759 - arōma

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ἄρωμα
Transliteration
arōma (Key)
Pronunciation
ar'-o-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From αἴρω (G142) (in the sense of sending off scent)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄρωμα árōma, ar'-o-mah; from G142 (in the sense of sending off scent); an aromatic:—(sweet) spice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G759 in the following manner: spices (3x), sweet spices (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G759 in the following manner: spices (3x), sweet spices (1x).

  1. spice, perfume

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄρωμα árōma, ar'-o-mah; from G142 (in the sense of sending off scent); an aromatic:—(sweet) spice.
STRONGS G759:
ἄρωμα, -τος, τό, (from ΑΡΩ to prepare, whence ἀρτύω to season; [others connect it with the root ar (ἀρόω), to plow (cf. Genesis 27:27); others besides]), spice, perfume: Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56; Luke 24:1; John 19:40. (2 Kings 20:13; Esther 2:12; Song of Solomon 4:10, 16. [Hippocrates], Xenophon, Theophrastus, and subsequent writings.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
27:27
2 Kings
20:13
Esther
2:12
Song of Songs
4:10; 4:16
Mark
16:1
Luke
23:56; 24:1
John
19:40

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G759 matches the Greek ἄρωμα (arōma),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:30 - Others, of the sons of the priests, prepared the mixing of the spices,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king 120 talents[fn] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices such as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my garden,
let its spices flow.

She
Let my beloved come to his garden,
and eat its choicest fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - He
I came to my garden, my sister, my bride,
I gathered my myrrh with my spice,
I ate my honeycomb with my honey,
I drank my wine with my milk.

Others
Eat, friends, drink,
and be drunk with love!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - His cheeks are like beds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are lilies,
dripping liquid myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - She
My beloved has gone down to his garden
to the beds of spices,
to graze[fn] in the gardens
and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 - She
Make haste, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
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