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G2238 ἡδύοσμον (hēdýosmon)
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Quick Definition

ἡδύοσμον, ου, τό n.n. mint, peppermint

Strong's Definition

neuter of the compound of the same as 2234 and 3744; a sweet-scented plant, i.e. mint

KJV Usage: mint

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου | ἡδύς + ὄζω

3.23 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees

mint fragrant plant (genus Mentha); up to 2 m high; small, soft leaves with sawlike margins; used in cooking, tea, medicine In designating ‘mint’ as well as ἄνηθον ‘dill,’ πήγανον ‘rue,’ and κύμινον ‘cumin,’ it is probably wise to borrow a term and use a classifier, for example, ‘a seasoning herb called mint.’

MAT 23:23 · LUK 11:42

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἡδύ-οσμος, -ov, (ἡδύς and ὀσμή), sweel-smelling (Plin. jucunde olens); neut. τὸ 76. as subst. garden-mint (i. ἢ. pivn, Strab. 8, 3,14 p. 344; Theophr. hist. plant. 7, 7; ef. 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 nn, see Burtorf, Lex. talm. s. v. p. 1228 [p. 623 ed. Fischer]) : Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xi.42. [BB.DD.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἡδύοσμον hēdyosmon 2x

garden mint, Mt. 23:23; Lk. 11:42*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἡδύ-οσμος, -ον

(< ἡδύς, ὀσμή)

sweet-smelling; as subst., τὸ ἡ., mint: Mt 23:23, Lk 11:42.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἡδύοσμος. Τὸ ἡδύοσμον, the popular name for μένθη, “mint” (Vg. mentha), in Mt 23%, Lk 114, survives in ΜΟΥ in the form δυόσμος, “jasmine.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἡδύοσμος (hēduosmos) — mint. ἡδύ-οσμος, ον, sweet-smelling, fragrant, στρώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. ἡδύοσμον, τό,= μίνθη, green mint, Mentha viridis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ. ἄγριον wild mint, M. longifolia, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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