Strong G2238ἡδύοσμος
mint
- Transliteration
- hēduosmon
- Pronunciation
- hay-doo'-os-mon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed definition
ἡδύ-οσμος, -ον
(ἡδύς, ὀσμή)
sweet-smelling; as subst., τὸ ἡ., mint: Mat.23:23, Luk.11:42.†
(AS)
(ἡδύς, ὀσμή)
sweet-smelling; as subst., τὸ ἡ., mint: Mat.23:23, Luk.11:42.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2238 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mint2
First verses
- Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡδύ-οσμος, ον,
sweet-smelling, fragrant, στρώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 695.)]
II ἡδύοσμον, τό,= μίνθη, green mint, Mentha viridis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.1, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.14)]; ἡ. ἄγριον wild mint, M. longifolia, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.34. [As _trisyllable_, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.413 (2nd c.AD: Ammianus Epigrammaticus).])]
sweet-smelling, fragrant, στρώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 695.)]
II ἡδύοσμον, τό,= μίνθη, green mint, Mentha viridis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.1, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.3.14)]; ἡ. ἄγριον wild mint, M. longifolia, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.34. [As _trisyllable_, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.413 (2nd c.AD: Ammianus Epigrammaticus).])]