ΟΖΕΙ, οζει
OZEI, ozei
Sounds Like: OD-zei
Translations: to smell, to give off a smell, to stink
From the root: ΟΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the act of emitting a smell, whether pleasant or unpleasant. In ancient Greek, it is often used to refer to a strong, usually bad, odor, implying decay or corruption. It can be used in a literal sense for physical smells or metaphorically for something that gives off a bad impression.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3605 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΟΖΕΣΕΙ — will stink, will smell bad
- ὈΖΟΥΣ — smelling, emitting an odor, stinking
- ΟΖΑΣ — to smell, to give off a smell, to stink
- ΟΖΙΣ — to smell, to give off a smell, to stink
- ΟΖΟΜ — I smell, I emit a smell, I stink
- ΟΖΟΥΣ — smelling, having a smell, emitting an odor
- ὨΖΕΣΕΝ — it stank, it smelled bad
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