רֵיחַ
rêyach · ray'-akh
odor (as if blown)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7306 (רוּחַ);
odor (as if blown)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: savour, scent, smell.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the hand that works › to separate and protect
The head, the highest of the hand that works that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֵיחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- savour42 · 72%
- the smell3 · 5%
- and the smell3 · 5%
- is as the smell1 · 2%
- because ye have made our savour1 · 2%
- the savour1 · 2%
- yet through the scent1 · 2%
- because of the savour1 · 2%
- a good smell1 · 2%
- is like the smell1 · 2%
- a smell1 · 2%
- in him, and his scent1 · 2%
- and his smell1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.