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רֵיחַ
rêyach · Hebrew · Strong's H7381 · 58 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “savour”
What it means
odor (as if blown)
from H7306 (רוּחַ);
How the KJV renders it
savour, scent, smell
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“savour”
also renders phronéō (G5426), osmḗ (G3744)
“smell”
also renders besem (H1314), rêyach (H7382)
“scent”
also renders zêker (H2143)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
58 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 55 verses shown.
Exodus 5:21 · HNcmsc/Sp1cp
They said to them, “May Yahweh look at you and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”
Exodus 29:18 · HNcmsc
You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Exodus 29:25 · HR/Ncmsc
You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Exodus 29:41 · HR/Ncmsc
The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal offering of the morning and according to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Ezekiel 6:13 · HNcmsc
You will know that I am Yahweh when their slain men are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree, and under every thick oak—the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols.
Ezekiel 16:19 · HR/Ncmsc
My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and so it was,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 20:28 HNcmscEzekiel 20:41 HR/NcmscGenesis 8:21 HNcmscGenesis 27:27 HNcmscHosea 14:6 HC/NcmsaJeremiah 48:11 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3msJob 14:9 HR/NcmscLeviticus 1:9 HNcmscLeviticus 1:13 HNcmscLeviticus 1:17 HNcmscLeviticus 2:2 HNcmscLeviticus 2:9 HNcmscLeviticus 2:12 HR/NcmscLeviticus 3:5 HNcmscLeviticus 3:16 HR/NcmscLeviticus 4:31 HR/NcmscLeviticus 6:15 HNcmscLeviticus 6:21 HNcmscLeviticus 8:21 HR/NcmscLeviticus 8:28 HR/NcmscLeviticus 17:6 HR/NcmscLeviticus 23:13 HNcmscLeviticus 23:18 HNcmscLeviticus 26:31 HR/NcmscNumbers 15:3 HNcmscNumbers 15:7 HNcmscNumbers 15:10 HNcmscNumbers 15:13 HNcmscNumbers 15:14 HNcmscNumbers 15:24 HR/NcmscNumbers 18:17 HR/NcmscNumbers 28:2 HNcmscNumbers 28:6 HR/NcmscNumbers 28:8 HNcmscNumbers 28:13 HNcmscNumbers 28:24 HNcmscNumbers 28:27 HR/NcmscNumbers 29:2 HR/NcmscNumbers 29:6 HR/NcmscNumbers 29:8 HNcmscNumbers 29:13 HNcmscNumbers 29:36 HNcmscSong of Solomon 1:3 HR/NcmsaSong of Solomon 1:12 HNcmsc/Sp3msSong of Solomon 2:13 HNcmsaSong of Solomon 4:10 HC/NcmscSong of Solomon 4:11 HC/NcmscSong of Solomon 7:8 HC/NcmscSong of Solomon 7:13 HNcmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.