Word Summary
arōma: a spice
Original Word: ἄρωμαTransliteration: arōma
Phonetic Spelling: (ar'-o-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a spice
Meaning: a spice
Strong's Concordance
sweet spice.
From airo (in the sense of sending off scent); an aromatic -- (sweet) spice.
see GREEK airo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 759: ἄρωμαἄρωμα,
ἀρώματος,
τό (from
ἈΡΩ to prepare, whence
ἀρτύω to season; (others connect it with the root ar (
ἀρόω), to plow (cf.
Genesis 27:27); others besides)),
spice, perfume:
Mark 16:1;
Luke 23:56;
Luke 24:1;
John 19:40. (
2 Kings 20:13;
Esther 2:12;
Song of Solomon 4:10, 16. (
Hippocrates),
Xenophon,
Theophrastus, and subsequent writings.)