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Lexicon :: Strong's G2238 - hēdyosmon

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxMat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - “Woe G3759 to you, scribes G1122 and Pharisees, G5330 hypocrites! G5273 For you tithe G586 mint G2238 and dill G432 and [fn]cummin, 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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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - “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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