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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - εὐωδία
εὐωδία
G2175
Transliteration: euōdía
Pronunciation: yoo-o-dee'-ah
Definition: sweet savour
- Original: εὐωδία - Transliteration: Euodia - Phonetic: yoo-o-dee'-ah
- Definition:
1. a sweet smell, fragrance
2. a fragrant or sweet smelling thing, incense, on odour or something sweet smelling
a. an odour of acquiescence, satisfaction
b. a sweet odour, spoken of the smell of sacrifices and obligations, agreeably to the ancient notion that God smells and is pleased with the odour of sacrifices
3. metaph. a thing well pleasing to God
- Origin: from a compound of G2095" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2095 and a derivative of G3605" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3605 - TDNT entry: 15:28,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From a compound of G2095" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2095 and a derivative of G3605" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3605; good scentedness that is fragrance: - sweet savour (smell -smelling).