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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.
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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 - “oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - “and the anointing oil and sweet incense for the holy place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:8 - ‘oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:15 - ‘the incense altar, its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, and the screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - and spices and oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - and he burned sweet incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - ‘And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - “Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the daily grain offering, the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - Behold, I am building a temple for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, to burn before Him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - “And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken Him.
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