1. smell, fragrance, aroma — An odor or scent perceived by the sense of smell, used in the NT exclusively in positive contexts as a pleasing aroma, especially in the cultic metaphor 'a fragrant offering' (ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας). All 6 occurrences carry the same core olfactory meaning with variation limited to grammatical case (accusative, nominative, genitive). Multilingual evidence: spa 'olor/fragancia' (smell/fragrance), hin 'सुगंध/सुगनध' (sugandh, pleasant scent), arb 'رائِحَة' (rā'iḥa, smell/aroma — same lexeme in all forms), kor '냄새/향기' (naemsae/hyanggi, smell/fragrance), swa 'harufu' (scent, identical in both clusters). Used in 2 Cor 2:14-16, Eph 5:2, Phil 4:18. 6×
AR["رائِحَةَ","رائِحَةُ","رائِحَةِ","رَائِحَةِ"]·ben["গন্ধ","গন্ধের","সুগন্ধ"]·DE["Geruch"]·EN["aroma","fragrance","smell"]·FR["odeur"]·heb["רֵיחַ"]·HI["सुगंध","सुगनध"]·ID["bau","keharuman"]·IT["odore","osmes","osmēn"]·jav["ambu","ganda","gandaning","gandanipun"]·KO["냄새","향기","향기-의","향기로","향기를"]·PT["aroma","cheiro","perfume"]·RU["благоухание","благоухания","запах"]·ES["fragancia","olor"]·SW["harufu"]·TR["gerçekten-","kokusu","kokusuna","kokusundan","o-"]·urd["بو","خوشبو","خوشبو-سے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὀσμ-ή, ἡ, Attic dialect form of the older ὀδμή (see. near the end), smell, odour, frequently of foul smells, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή Refs 8th c.BC+; πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸς.. ὀδμήν, of seals, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i.e. τοῦ νεκροῦ).. πεφευγότες Refs 5th c.BC+; but also of fragrant odours, ὡς καλὴν ὀσμὴν ἔχει Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, scent, perfume, Refs 5th c.BC+; on ὀ. as…