Quick Definition
incense
Strong's Definition
an aroma, i.e. fragrant powder burnt in religious service; by implication, the burning itself
Derivation: from G2370 (θυμιάω);
KJV Usage: incense, odour
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θυμίαμα, θυμιάματος, τό (θυμιάω), the Sept. mostly for χΐθΙψΖϊ, an aromatic substance burnt, incense: generally in plural, Rev_5:8; Rev_8:3; Rev_18:13; ἡ ὥρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, when the incense is burned, Luk_1:10; θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματος, Luk_1:11. (Sophocles, Herodotus, Aristophanes, Plato, Diodorus, Josephus; the Sept..)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θυμίαμα thumiama 6x
incense, any odoriferous substance burnt in religious worship, Rev_5:8 ; Rev_8:3-4 ; Rev_18:13 ;
or, the act of burning incense, Luk_1:10-11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θυμίαμα , -τος , τό
( < θυμιάω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7004 ;]
fragrant stuff for burning, incense : ἡ ὥρα τοῦ θ ., Luk_1:10 ; θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θ . ( Exo_30:27 , al. ), Luk_1:11 ; pl ., Rev_5:8 ; Rev_8:3-4 ; Rev_18:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θυμίαμα [page 294]
The subst. is found several times in the Ptolemaic papyri, e.g. P Leid C iii. 13 (= I. p. 93), T i. 14 (= I . p. 112) al. , P Tebt I. 112 .22 (B.C. 112) θυμιάματος ε̄ . In BGU I. 1 .10 (iii/ A.D.) the editor reads εἰς θυσίας καὶ [ἐπι ]θυμ [ιάμ (ατα ) ?, but Wilcken Chrest . I. p. 122 has [ ?]θυμ [ιάματα ]. The word also occurs in the Arcadian inscr. Syll 939 .15 ff. along with words of similar reference ἀγάλμα [τι ], μάκων [σ ]ι λευκαῖς , λυχνίοις , θυμιάμασιν , [ζ ]μύρναι , ἀρώμασιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
θυμίαμα "that which is burnt as incense": in pl. "fragrant stuffs" for burning, Hdt. , Soph. , etc. "stuff for embalming", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
θυμίαμα, -τος, τό
(θυμιάω), [in LXX chiefly for קְטֹרֶת ;]
fragrant stuff for burning, incense: ἡ ὥρα τοῦ θ., Luk.1:10; θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θ. (Exo.30:27, al.), Luk.1:11; pl., Rev.5:8 8:3-4 18:13.†
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