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G2238 ἡδύοσμον (hēdýosmon)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

mint, peppermint

Strong's Definition

a sweet-scented plant, i.e. mint

Derivation: neuter of the compound of the same as G2234 (ἡδέως) and G3744 (ὀσμή);

KJV Usage: mint

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἡδυοσμος, ἡδύοσμον (ἡδύς and ὀσμή), sweet-smelling (Pliny,jucundeolens); neuter τό ἡδυοσμος as a substantive garden-mint (equivalent to μινθη, 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 ξΔιπΐϊΘΜΰ, see Buxtorf, Lex. talm. under the word, p. 1228 (p. 623, Fischer edition)): Mat_23:23; Luk_11:42. (BB. DD.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἡδύοσμον hēdyosmon 2x garden mint, Mat_23:23 ; Luk_11:42

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἡδύ -οσμος , -ον ( <ἡδύς , ὀσμή ), sweet-smelling; as subst ., τὸ ἡ ., mint: Mat_23:23 , Luk_11:42 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἡδύοσμος (~ ἡδύοσμον ) [page 278] Τὸ ἡδύοσμον , the popular name for μίνθη , mint (Vg. mentha ), in Mat_23:23 , Luk_11:42 , survives in MGr in the form δυ̰όσμος , jasmine.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἡδύ-οσμος, -ον (ἡδύς, ὀσμή) sweet-smelling; as subst., τὸ ἡ., mint: Mat.23:23, Luk.11:42.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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