STRONGS NUMBER G759


Word Summary
arōma: a spice
Original Word: ἄρωμα
Transliteration: arōma
Phonetic Spelling: (ar'-o-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a spice
Meaning: a spice
Strong's Concordance
sweet spice.

From airo (in the sense of sending off scent); an aromatic -- (sweet) spice.

see GREEK airo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 759: ἄρωμα

ἄρωμα, ἀρώματος, τό (from ἈΡΩ to prepare, whence ἀρτύω to season; (others connect it with the root ar (ἀρόω), to plow (cf. Genesis 27:27); others besides)), spice, perfume: Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56; Luke 24:1; John 19:40. (2 Kings 20:13; Esther 2:12; Song of Solomon 4:10, 16. (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Theophrastus, and subsequent writings.)