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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 - olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - and the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I commanded you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense—the work of a perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - He is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy furnishings and articles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - Now I am about to build a temple for the Name of the LORD my God and to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him, for setting out the consecrated bread regularly, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening and on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals of the LORD our God. This is a lasting ordinance for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the LORD our God. But you have forsaken him.
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