ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗ, οσφρανθη
OSPHRANTHĒ, osphranthē
Sounds Like: os-PHRAN-thay
Translations: he smelled, she smelled, it smelled, he perceived by smell, she perceived by smell, it perceived by smell
From the root: ΟΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular, aorist indicative passive form of the verb 'osphrainomai'. It means 'to smell' or 'to perceive by smell'. In this passive form, it indicates that the subject 'was smelled' or 'was perceived by smell', though in Koine Greek, the aorist passive of verbs of sensation like 'smell' often takes on an active meaning, indicating the subject 'smelled' or 'perceived by smell'. It describes the action of using the sense of smell.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist, Indicative, Passive
Strong’s number: G3744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 30:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ὈΣΦΡΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale
- ὈΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale, to sniff
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΕΙΗ — may smell, may perceive by smell, may inhale, may smell out
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΝΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale, to be smelled, to be perceived by smell
- ὈΣΦΡΑΝΘΩ — I will smell, I will perceive by smell, I will inhale
- ΟΣΦΡΑΙΝΟΜΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to inhale an odor
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΕΙΗ — he might smell, he might perceive by smell, he might inhale
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΝΑΙ — to smell, to perceive by smell, to sniff
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will smell, it will smell, he will perceive by smell, it will perceive by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will smell, they will perceive by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΑΝΘΩΣΙΝ — they may smell, they might smell, they may perceive by smell, they might perceive by smell
- ΟΣΦΡΟΜΕΝΩ — smelling, to smell, perceiving by smell, having smelled
- ὨΣΦΡΑΝΜΑΙ — I have smelled, I have perceived by smell
- ΩΣΦΡΑΝΘΗ — he smelled, she smelled, it smelled, he perceived by smell, she perceived by smell, it perceived by smell
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