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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
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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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 perfume of the spices,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - 'And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - and the anointing oil, and the perfume of the spices for the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded thee -- 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 spice perfume,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - 'And the altar of perfume, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the spice perfume, and the covering of the opening at the opening of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and the spices, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - and he maketh the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-perfume -- work of a compounder.

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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 spice-perfume, and the covering of the opening of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and maketh perfume on it -- spice-perfume -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - and the priest hath put of the blood on the horns of the altar of spice-perfume before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood of the bullock he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, which is at the opening of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought it within the vail;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - 'And the oversight of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, is the oil of the lamp, and the spice-perfume, and the present of continuity, and the anointing oil, 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 - lo, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify it to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this is on Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - and are making perfume to Jehovah, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and perfume of spices, and the arrangement of bread is on the pure table, and the candlestick of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God, and ye -- ye have forsaken Him.
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