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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

2. (v. t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.

3. (v. i.) To have a smell.

4. (v. i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

5. (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.

6. (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.

7. (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SCENT

sent:

(1) In Hosea 14:7, "The scent (margin "his memorial") thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon." "Scent" is used for zekher (so Massoretic Text, but the pointing is uncertain), properly "memorial," whence the Revised Version margin. The English translation comes through the Septuagint which took z-k-r as "offering of sweet savor," and so "sweet savor." For the "wine of Lebanon" see WINE. If this translation is not right, the alternative is "memorial" in the sense of "renown."

(2) Job 14:9 Jeremiah 48:11 for reach, "odor." "Scent" of the water in Job 14:9 is poetic for "contact with."

(3) The Wisdom of Solomon 11:18 the King James Version has "filthy scents of scattered smoke," where "scent" is used in the obsolete sense of "disagreeable odor." The translation is, however, very loose, and "scents" is a gloss; the Revised Version (British and American) "noisome smoke."

Burton Scott Easton

Greek

3605. ozo -- to (emit a) smell
... to smell, stink. A primary verb (in a strengthened form); to scent (usually an ill
"odor"): stink. (ozei) -- 1 Occurrence. 3604, 3605. ozo. 3606 . ...
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759. aroma -- a spice
... sweet spice. From airo (in the sense of sending off scent); an aromatic -- (sweet)
spice. see GREEK airo. (aromata) -- 3 Occurrences. (aromaton) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7381b. reach -- scent, odor
... 7381a, 7381b. reach. 7382 . scent, odor. Transliteration: reach Short
Definition: aroma. Word Origin from the same as ruach Definition ...
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7381. reyach -- to smell, perceive odor
... savour, scent, smell From ruwach; odor (as if blown) -- savour, scent, smell. see
HEBREW ruwach. 7380, 7381. reyach. 7381a . Strong's Numbers.
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2143. zeker -- remembrance, memorial
... memorial, memory, remembrance, scent. ... Recollection (rarely if ever); by implication,
commemoration -- memorial, memory, remembrance, scent. see HEBREW zakar. ...
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Library

As Eagles are Drawn by the Scent of a Carcase
... THE FIRST CENTURY 57 As eagles are drawn by the scent of a carcase. As eagles
are drawn by the scent of a carcase, as children are ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/57 as eagles are drawn.htm

A Hint from a Caribou
... She had caught the scent of a human being. ... She called her calf to her, had
it smell the ground, too, so as to get the scent of the man. ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/a hint from a caribou.htm

How Dangerous this Imperfect Love Is.
... Perfumers, though out of their shops, bear about with them for a long time
the scent of the perfumes which they have handled. In ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter x how dangerous this.htm

But that You May not Suppose this to be a Novel Doctrine Peculiar ...
... But if its root have waxed old in the earth, and the stock thereof be dead in the
dust, yet through the scent of water it will flourish again, and put forth ...
/.../44 but that you may.htm

That to have the Desire of Sacred Love we are to Cut Off all Other ...
... Why do hounds, think you, Theotimus, more ordinarily lose the scent or strain
of their quarry in the spring-time than at other times? ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iii that to have.htm

A Description of Mystical Theology, which is no Other Thing than ...
... The cleverest and best trained hounds are often at fault; they lose the strain and
scent by the variety of sleights which the stag uses, who makes doubles ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter i a description of.htm

Argument: Christians Abstain from Things Connected with Idol ...
... They Do Not Indeed Despise All the Colour and Scent of Flowers, for They are Accustomed
to Use Them Scattered About Loosely and Negligently, as Well as to ...
/.../chapter xxxviii argument christians abstain from.htm

Letter xxxvii (Circa AD 1131) to Magister Geoffrey, of Loretto.
... 1. We look for scent in flowers and for savour in fruits; and so, most dearly beloved
brother, attracted by the scent of your name which is as perfume poured ...
/.../letter xxxvii circa a d 1131.htm

August 19, 1894
... you. In my dealings with the novices I am like a setter on the scent of
game. The ... anywhere . . . and then its scent is so keen! I ...
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Whether Choice is to be Found in Irrational Animals?
... For a hound in following a stag, on coming to a crossroad, tries by scent whether
the stag has passed by the first or the second road: and if he find that the ...
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Thesaurus

Scent (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To perceive by the olfactory organs;
to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. 2. (vt) To ...
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Scent-boxes (1 Occurrence)
Scent-boxes. Scent, Scent-boxes. Scented . Multi-Version Concordance
Scent-boxes (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 3:20 the head ...
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Smell (77 Occurrences)
... or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when
affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as ...
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Nose (23 Occurrences)
... organ. See Olfactory. 2. (n.) The power of smelling; hence, scent. 3 ... teakettle.
4. (vt) To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out. 5 ...
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Wind (180 Occurrences)
... 15. (n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent. 16. ... 21. (vt) To perceive or follow
by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game. 22. ...
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Savor (51 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste
and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ...
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Fault (42 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate
fault, dirt fault, etc. 6. (n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent. ...
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Perfume (202 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To fill or impregnate with a perfume;
to scent. 2. (n.) The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles ...
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Scene (3 Occurrences)

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Vent (8 Occurrences)
... 13. (vt) To utter; to report; to publish. 14. (vt) To scent, as a hound. 15. (vt)
To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold. ...
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Bible Concordance

Scent (6 Occurrences)

Job 14:9 yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 39:25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts,'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
(See NAS NIV)

Song of Songs 4:11 Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
(See RSV)

Song of Songs 7:8 I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 48:11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Hosea 14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Subtopics

Scent

Related Terms

Scent-boxes (1 Occurrence)

Smell (77 Occurrences)

Nose (23 Occurrences)

Wind (180 Occurrences)

Savor (51 Occurrences)

Fault (42 Occurrences)

Perfume (202 Occurrences)

Scene (3 Occurrences)

Vent (8 Occurrences)