Lexicon :: Strong's G2238 - hēdyosmon

ἡδύοσμον
Transliteration
hēdyosmon (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-doo'-os-mon
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the compound of the same as ἡδέως (G2234) and ὀσμή (G3744)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἡδύοσμον hēdýosmon, hay-doo'-os-mon; neuter of the compound of the same as G2234 and G3744; a sweet-scented plant, i.e. mint:—mint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2238 in the following manner: mint (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2238 in the following manner: mint (2x).

  1. sweet smelling, garden mint

    1. a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to scatter on the floors of their houses and synagogues

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡδύοσμον hēdýosmon, hay-doo'-os-mon; neuter of the compound of the same as G2234 and G3744; a sweet-scented plant, i.e. mint:—mint.
STRONGS G2238:
ἡδύοσμος, -ον, (ἡδύς and ὀσμή), sweet-smelling (Pliny, jucunde olens); neuter τὸ ἡδ. as a substantive garden-mint (equivalent to μίνθη, Strabo 8, 3, 14, p. 344; Theophrastus, hist. plant. 7, 7; cf. caus. plant. 6, 22 (20)), a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to strew the floors of their houses and synagogues; (it was called by them מִינְתָּא, see Buxtorf, Lex. talm. under the word, p. 1228 [p. 623, Fischer edition]): Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42. [BB. DD.; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 200.]
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Matthew
23:23
Luke
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