Quick Definition
εὐωδία, ας, ἡ n.f. a sweet smell
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 2095 and a derivative of 3605; good-scentedness, i.e. fragrance
KJV Usage: sweet savour (smell, -smelling)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ὄζω
79.46 · Features of Objects · Fragrance, Odor
aroma, fragrance a pleasant or sweet-smelling odor Since the reference in PHP 4:18 is to a sacrifice, the use of εὐωδία may seem strange, if not contradictory, in many languages, since the odor from burning flesh is normally not regarded as being fragrant or pleasant. It may therefore be necessary to include a marginal note to explain this usage.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐωδία, -as, ἡ, (fr. εὐώδης ; and this fr. ed and ὄζω, pf. ὄδωδα); a. asweet smell, fragrance, (Xen., Plat., Plut., Hdian., al.); metaph. Χριστοῦ εὐωδία ἐσμὲν τῷ θεῷ. i. 6. (dropping the fig.) our efficiency in which the power of εὐχαριστία 204 "Ἔφεσος Christ himself is at work is well-pleasing to God, 2 Co. ii. 15. b. a fragrant or sweet-smelling thing, incense : Diod. 1, 84; 1 Esdr. i. 11, ete.; hence ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας, an odor of something sweet-smelling, in Sept. often for ΤΙ) τη, an odor of acquiescence, satisfuction; a sweet odor, spoken of the smell of sacrifices and oblations, Ex. xxix. 18; Lev. i. 9, 13, 17, etc., agreeably to the ancient {anthropopathic] notion that God smells and is pleased with the odor of sacrifices, Gen. viii. 21; in the N. T. by a metaphor borrowed from sacrifices, a thing wellpleasing to God: Eph. v. 2; Phil. iv. 18, [W. 605 (562) cf. 237 (222)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐωδία euōdia 3x
a sweet smell, grateful odor, fragrance, 2 Cor. 2:15; Eph. 5:2; Phil. 4:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Εὐωδία, -ας, ἡ, Phl 4:2, Rec. (for Εὐοδία, q.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐωδία. For the adj. cf. P Amh II. 1337 (early ii/A.D.) ἠγορἀ[κ]αμέν σοι εὐώδη κεράμια ἑκατόν, “1 have bought for you Se: εὐωνυμος a hundred sweet-smelling jars” (Edd.), P Oxy IX. 1211 (ii/A.D.) οἴνου εὐώδη κεράμ(ια) B, P Leid Wi (ii/iii A.D.) στύραξ, ἐστὶν yap Bapls (/. βαρὺς) kal εὐώδης. Nestle contributes two interesting notes on the NT use of the subst. in ZNTW wv. p. 272, vii. p. 95 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐωδία (euōdia) — aroma. εὐωδ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, sweet smell, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of sacrifices, ὀσμὴ -ίας [LXX+NT+5th c.BC+]: in plural, also, fragrant substances, [Refs 1st c.BC+]