Strong's Lexicon
G2175 — εὐωδία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2175 |
|---|---|
| Word: | εὐωδία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G2095 and a derivative of G3605 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | euodia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yoo-o-dee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. good-scentedness, i.e. fragrance |
| KJV Renderings: | sweet savour (smell, -smelling) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐωδία, εὐωδίας, ἡ (from εὐώδης; and this from εὖ and ὄζω, perfect ὄδωδα);
a. a sweet smell, fragrance, (Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, Herodian, others); metaphorically, Χριστοῦ εὐωδία ἐσμεν τῷ Θεῷ, i. e. (dropping the figurative) our efficiency in which the power of Christ himself is at work is well-pleasing to God, 2Co 2:15.
b. a fragrant or sweet-smelling thing, incense: Diodorus 1, 84; 1Es 1:11, etc.; hence, ὀσμή εὐωδίας, an odor of something sweet-smelling, in the Sept. often for øÅéçÇÎðÄéçåçÇ, an odor of acquiescence, satisfaction; a sweet odor, spoken of the smell of sacrifices and oblations, Exo 29:18; Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 1:17, etc., agreeably to the ancient (anthropopathic) notion that God smells and is pleased with the odor of sacrifices, Gen 8:21; in the N. T. by a metaphor borrowed from sacrifices, a thing well-pleasing to God: Eph 5:2; Php 4:18 (Winer’s Grammar, 605 (562) cf. 237 (222)).
ΑὐωδίαΑὐωδία [Eu)wdi/a, εὐωδίας, Php 4:2 Rec.st for Αὐοδία, which see]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
εὐωδία (sweet savour (smell)
2 Corinthians 2:15
- KJV: For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved and in them that perish
- GK: ότι χριστού ευωδία εσμέν τω θεώ εν τοις σωζομένοις και εν τοις απολλυμένοις
Ephesians 5:2
- KJV: And walk in love as Christ also hath loved us and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour
- GK: και περιπατείτε εν αγάπη καθώς και ο χριστός ηγάπησεν ημάς και παρέδωκεν εαυτόν υπέρ ημών προσφοράν και θυσίαν τω θεώ εις οσμήν ευωδίας
Philippians 4:18
- KJV: But I have all and abound I am full having received of Epaphroditus the things from you an odour of a sweet smell a sacrifice acceptable wellpleasing to God
- GK: απέχω δε πάντα και περισσεύω πεπλήρωμαι δεξάμενος παρά Επαφροδίτου τα παρ΄ υμών οσμήν ευωδίας θυσίαν δεκτήν ευάρεστον τω θεώ