H5561 - סַם (çam)

H5561 סַם (çam) sam

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

spice

Strong's Definition

sam sam From an unused root meaning to smell sweet; an aroma: - sweet (spice). LXX related word(s) G2368 thumiama *

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to smell sweet;

KJV Usage: sweet (spice).

TWOT Reference: 1516a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) spice

1a) a spice used in incense

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2368

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) spice 1a) a spice used in incense

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סַם sam BDB Definition: 1) spice 1a) a spice used in incense Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to smell sweet Same Word by TWOT Number: 1516a Total KJV Occurrences: 19

Bible Occurrences (15)

25:6 30:7 30:34 31:11 35:8 35:15 35:28 37:29 39:38 40:27

4:7 16:12

4:16

2:4 13:11

Exodus 25:6

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

Exodus 30:7

And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning... when he tends the lamps.

Exodus 30:34

The LORD also said to Moses, Take fragrant spices — gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense — in equal measures...,

Exodus 31:11

in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.

Exodus 35:8

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

Exodus 35:15

the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

Exodus 35:28

as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

Exodus 37:29

He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure,... fragrant incense, [the work] of a perfumer.