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Lexicon :: Strong's G759 - arōma

Aa
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 Box2Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:30 - And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 -
Thine oils have a goodly fragrance;
Thy name is as oil poured forth;
Therefore do the virgins love thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 -
How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is thy love than wine!
And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 -
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south;
Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden,
And eat his precious fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -
I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride:
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, O friends;
Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 -
His cheeks are as a bed of spices,
As banks of sweet herbs:
His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 -
My beloved is gone down to his garden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 -
Make haste, my beloved,
And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart
Upon the mountains of spices.
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