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Strong's #7306: ruwach (pronounced roo'-akh)

a primitive root; properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy):--accept, smell, X touch, make of quick understanding.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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rûach

1) (Hiphil) to smell, scent, perceive odour, accept

1a) of horse

1b) of delight (metaphorically)

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 11 times:

Genesis 8:21: "And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in"
Genesis 27:27: "And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said,"
Exodus 30:38: "Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people."
Leviticus 26:31: "waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors."
Deuteronomy 4:28: "nor eat, nor smell."
Judges 16:9: "a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known."
1 Samuel 26:19: "If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men,"
Job 39:25: "among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder"
Psalms 115:6: "but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:"
Isaiah 11:3: " And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither"
Amos 5:21: "I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies."









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