- 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 and a derivative of
G3605
- TDNT entry: 15:28,3
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
- Strong's: From a compound of
G2095 and a derivative of
G3605 ; good scentedness that is fragrance: - sweet savour (smell -smelling).
Total KJV Occurrences: 3
• savor, 1
2 Corinthians 2:15
• smell, 1
Philippians 4:18
• sweetsmelling, 1
Eph 5:2