Smell
Smell
( or , fragrance; , stench). Jacob said to his sons, after the slaughter of the Shechemites (Gen 34:30), Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land Ye have given me an ill scent, or smell among this people. The Israelites, in a similar manner, complained to Moses and Aaron (Exo 5:21), The Lord look upon you, and judge, because you have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants. This manner of speaking occurs frequently in the Hebrew. In a contrary sense, Paul says (2Co 2:15-16), We are unto God a sweet savor of Christ in them that are saved and in them that perish; to the one we are the savor of death unto death, and to the other the savor of life unto life. In the sacrifices of the old law, the smell of the burned offerings is represented in Scripture as agreeable to God (Gen 8:21), And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar; it is a burned offering unto the Lord; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. The same thing, by analogy, is said of prayer (Psa 141:2), Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the lifting-up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. So John, in allusion to this service of the Old Test., represents the twenty-four elders with golden, vials full of odors, which are the prayers of the saints (Rev 5:8).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Smell
smel (Hebrew and Aramaic , reah, as noun, savor, scent; , ruah, as verb, literally, to breathe, to inhale, thence to smell; , osme, the smell, savor, , euoda, sweet smell fragrance , osphresis the sense of smell; verb , osphranomai): And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled (way-yarah) the smell (reah) of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell (reah) of my son is as the smell (reah) of a field which Yahweh hath blessed (Gen 27:27). Idols are described as gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell (Deu 4:28). Acceptable sacrifices and pious conduct are called a sweet smell or savor (Exo 29:18; Eph 5:2; Phi 4:18) well-pleasing to God. The godless life, which dishonors God, is hateful to Him: I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors (Lev 26:31). The phrase, being in bad odor with a person, can be traced to Biblical language: Ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants (Exo 5:21). Thus smell is occasionally equivalent with quality, character: His (Moab’s) taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed (Jer 48:11). Character or quality is the most infallible test, the most manifest advertisement of a thing or a person; thus we find the following very instructive passage: (God) maketh manifest through us the savor (osme) of his knowledge in every place. For we are a sweet savor (euodia) of Christ unto God, in (better: among) them that are saved, and in (better: among) them that perish; to the one a savor (osme) from death unto death; to the other a savor (osme) from life unto life (2Co 2:14-16). See TRIUMPH. In the passage Isa 3:24, the King James Version sweet smell (, besem, balsam plant) has been changed to sweet spices in the Revised Version (British and American).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Smell
* For SMELL see SAVOR
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Smell
Psa 45:8 (b) It is interesting to note that GOD uses all of our senses to convey truths concerning Himself. The very sweet effects of fellowship with GOD are described as fragrant perfumes. It is so in this Scripture and in other passages. Somehow the heart is warmed and the soul is refreshed when the Lord JESUS CHRIST is presented to us by the Holy Spirit through His Word. (See also Son 4:10).
Isa 3:24 (b) There should have come up to GOD from Israel the sweet incense of their worship, love, thanksgiving and praise. Instead of that GOD saw and heard only their worship of idols, their evil practices, their wicked ways, all of which were most distasteful to Him.
Hos 14:6 (b) This is a prophecy concerning the day when Israel will again be a God-fearing nation, loving the Lord, obeying His Word, and honoring His Name. GOD compares this to the fragrant perfume from beautiful flowers.