King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7381
Transliteration: reyach
Phonetic Spelling: (ray'-akh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: to smell, perceive odor
Meaning: to smell, perceive odor
Word Summary
reyach: to smell, perceive odor
Original Word: רֵיחַTransliteration: reyach
Phonetic Spelling: (ray'-akh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: to smell, perceive odor
Meaning: to smell, perceive odor
Strong's Concordance
savour, scent, smell From ruwach; odor (as if blown) -- savour, scent, smell.
see HEBREW ruwach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7381. reyach
רֵיחַ58 noun masculineJeremiah 48:11 scent, odour (properly breath); — absolute Song of Solomon 2:13 +, usually construct Genesis 8:21 +; suffix רֵיחוֺ Jeremiah 48:11; Song of Solomon 1:12, רֵיחֵנוּ Exodus 5:21; —
1 scent, odour, of plants and fields Genesis 27:27 (JE) Cant 1:12; 2:3; 4:11; Song 7:14; Hosea 14:7, of ointments Cant 1:3; 4:10, of person and garments Genesis 27:27 (twice in verse) (JE) Cant 4:11; Song of Solomon 7:9; of water Job 14:9; figurative of influence, reputation Exodus 5:21 (J) Jeremiah 48:11.
2 technical term, נִיחֹחַ רֵיחַ odour of soothing (to God), tranquillizing odour (of ascending sacrifices, see נִיחֹחַ) Genesis 8:21 (J), elsewhere Ezekiel 6:13; 16:19; 20:28, 41 and P: Exodus 29:18, 25, 41; Leviticus 1:9 16t. Leviticus; Numbers 15:3 17t. Numbers.