Quick Definition
to smell
Strong's Definition
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of quick understanding.
TWOT Reference: 2131
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רִיחַ (ru.ach) — to smell. 1) (Hiphil) to smell, scent, perceive odour, accept 1a) of horse 1b) of delight (metaph)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רֵיחַ
Smell | verb hif
to smell = process by which humans, animals, or (by extension) deities perceive odors through their nose
GEN 8:21 · GEN 27:27 · EXO 30:38 · LEV 26:31 · DEU 4:28 · 1SA 26:19 · JOB 39:25 · PSA 115:6
Rejoice | verb hif
to find joy (in something) literally: to smell; hence: = process by which humans or deities find joy in something ◄ as if it had an agreeable odor
Space | verb hif
to smell (something) > to be very close (to something) literally: to smell; hence: = process by which an object comes very close to another object
verb · רוּחַ · רֶוַח · רְוָחָה
Space | Large | verb pu'al
to be spacious = state in which a room or building provides is large and provides plenty of space
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רִיחַ] vb. denom. Hiph.(?), smell, perceive odour base