Strong's G3605: ὄζω (ózō) Meaning

Quick Definition

ὄζω v. I stink, am offensive

Strong's Definition

to scent (usually an ill "odor")

Derivation: a primary verb (in a strengthened form);

KJV Usage: stink

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὄζω (G3605)

verb | εὐωδία · ἡδύοσμον · ὀσμή · ὄσφρησις

79.47 · Features of Objects · Fragrance, Odor

to stink, to have a bad smell to cause a foul-smelling odor

JHN 11:39

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὄζω; (from root ὀδ, cf. Latin and English odor etc.; Curtius, § 288); from Homer down; to give out an odor (either good or bad), to smell, emit a smell: of a decaying corpse, Joh_11:39; cf. Exo_8:14.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὄζω ozō 1x

to smell, emit an odor; to have an offensive smell, stink, Jn. 11:39*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὄζω,

[in LXX: Ex 8:14 (10) (בּאשׁ)*;]

to smell (i.e. emit a smell): Jo 11:39.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὄζω [page 439] With the use of this verb in Joh_11:39 (cf. Exo_8:14 ) cf. PSI IV. 297 .3 (V/A.D. ?) δριμὺ ὀ̣[σ ]δομένου τοῦ σώματος , the body emitting a pungent odour : for the form ὀσδομένου see the editor s introduction. When word was brought to Athens of the death of Alexander, Demades denied the report, since, had it been true, the whole earth would long ago have been filled with the stench of the body πάλαι γὰρ ἂν ὅλην ὄζειν νεκροῦ τὴν οἰκουμένην (Plut. Phoc. 22).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὄζω (ozō) — to stink. ὄζω, Doric dialect ὄσδω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: imperfect ὦζε [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ὀζήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ὀζέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὤζησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ὤζεσα [LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect ὤζηκα [Refs 9th c.AD+]; but perfect with present sense ὄδωδα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect as imperfect ὠδώδειν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Epic dialect ὀδώδειν (see. below):—smell, whether smell sweet or stink, [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect with sense of imperfect, ὀδμὴ κέδρου.. ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later with genitive of things, frequently with neuter adjective or adverb added, smell of a thing, τόδ᾽ ὄζει θυμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, smell or savour of a thing, Κρονίων ὄζων smelling of musty antiquity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; that from which the smell comes is also in genitive, ὄζων κακὸν τῶν μασχαλῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. frequently impersonal, ὄζει ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς ὡσεὶ ἴων there is a smell from it as of violets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄζει ἡδὺ τῆς χρόας there is a sweet smell from the skin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄζειν ἐδόκει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τῆς μάζης κάκιστον there seemed to be a most foul smell from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ὄζει αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν λαγῶν) no scent of the hares remains, [Refs 5th c.BC+] there will be an odour of cleverness from your clothes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. middle, κακὸν ὀζόμενος, for ὄζων, [Refs 6th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin odor, Lithuanian uodžiu 'I smell'.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ὄζω [in LXX: Exo.8:14 (בָּאַשׁ)* ;] to smell (i.e. emit a smell): Jhn.11:39.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

11:39

G3605 ὄζω (ózō)