Bible Dictionary: Stink

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

2. (v. t.) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

3. (n.) A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Greek

3605. ozo -- to (emit a) smell
... to (emit a) smell. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ozo Phonetic Spelling:
(od'-zo) Short Definition: I stink, am offensive Definition: I stink, am ...
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948. bdelussomai -- to detest
... Cognate: 948 -- properly, stink, become foul (abhorrent), detestable as ; "to strongly
detest something on the basis that it is abominable -- 'to abhor, to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

887. baash -- to have a bad smell, to stink
... 886, 887. baash. 888 . to have a bad smell, to stink. Transliteration: baash
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-ash') Short Definition: foul. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2186b. zanach -- to stink, emit a stench
... to stink, emit a stench. Transliteration: zanach Short Definition: stench. ... root
Definition to stink, emit a stench NASB Word Usage emit a stench (1). ...
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4716. maq -- decay, rottenness
... rottenness, stink. From maqaq; properly, a melting, ie Putridity -- rottenness,
stink. see HEBREW maqaq. 4715, 4716. maq. 4717 . Strong's Numbers.
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889. beosh -- stench
... Word Origin from baash Definition stench NASB Word Usage stench (3). stink. From
bo'r; a stench -- stink. see HEBREW bo'r. 888, 889. beosh. 890 . ...
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6292. piggul -- foul thing, refuse
... Or piggul {pig-gool'}; from an unused root meaning to stink; properly, fetid, ie
(figuratively) unclean (ceremonially) -- abominable(-tion, thing). ...
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1201. Basha -- a king of Isr.
... NASB Word Usage Baasha (28). Baasha. From an unused root meaning to stink;
offensiveness; Basha, a king of Israel -- Baasha. 1200, 1201. Basha. 1202 . ...
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890. boshah -- stinking or noxious weeds
... cockle. Feminine of b'osh; stink-weed or any other noxious or useless plant -- cockle.
see HEBREW b'osh. 889, 890. boshah. 891 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Of the Stink of Lechery and the Peril of Touching: and of the ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER XXIV OF THE STINK OF LECHERY AND THE PERIL OF TOUCHING:
AND OF THE CURSEDNESS OF COVETOUSNESS: AND OF UNGODLY GLADNESS. ...
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Jerusalem
... of the traditions give this reason, why they do not allow gardens in the city:
"They make no gardens or paradises in Jerusalem, because of the stink." The Gloss ...
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Psalm XXXVIII.
... 8. "My wounds stink and are corrupt" (ver.5). Now he who has wounds is
not perfectly sound. Add to this, that the wounds "stink ...
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From the Talmud and Hebraica
... The Jews themselves stink in Marcellinus, and their writings stink as much amongst
all; and they labour under this I know not what singular misfortune, that ...
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The Difficulty and Excellence of virginity; the Study Of
... For it must needs be that the soul which is not sprinkled with the words of Christ,
as with salt, should stink and breed worms, as King David, openly ...
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The Gains of the Faithful Steward
... I know not"of that sort, that it was 'the heaviest fire insurance premium that had
been paid in the memory of man.' 'The money does not stink,' said the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the gains of the faithful.htm

First Greek Form.
... him by a single word, when the dead man had his blood corrupted, and when his body
was destroyed by the worms produced in it, and when it had the stink of a dog ...
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The Convicting Facts
... The world is full of all unrighteousness and wickedness, lust and immorality,
intemperance, cruelty, hatred; all manner of buzzing evils that stink and sting ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/the convicting facts.htm

Isaiah's Discourse
... Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stink of their carcases shall
come up, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. ...
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And Jesus came to Bethany, and Found Him Already Four Days in the ...
... Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, My Lord, he hath come
to [24] stink for some time: he hath been [2622] four days dead. ...
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Thesaurus

Stink (11 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor. 2. (vt)
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink. ...Stink (11 Occurrences). ...
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Stench (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To stanch. 2. (n.) A smell; an odor. 3. (n.) An ill smell; an offensive
odor; a stink. 4. (n.) To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. ...
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Foul (41 Occurrences)
... foul" (Isaiah 19:6) instead of the King James Version "They shall turn the rivers
far away," the English Revised Version "The rivers shall stink." WL Walker. ...
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Odour (43 Occurrences)
... Exodus 5:21 And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have
made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen ...
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Weightier (3 Occurrences)
... (WEY NIV). Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to
stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour. ...
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Ferment (3 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment;
so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour. (DBY). ...
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Fragrance (63 Occurrences)
... Exodus 5:21 and say unto them, 'Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have
caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his ...
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Drain (11 Occurrences)
... (ASV DBY JPS NAS RSV). Isaiah 19:6 and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of
Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither. ...
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Perfumer's (2 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause a perfumer's perfume To send forth a stink; The
precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly! ...
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Bade (27 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV RSV). Exodus 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade:
and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. (KJV JPS ASV RSV) ...
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Bible Concordance

Stink (11 Occurrences)

Exodus 5:21 And they said to them, Jehovah look upon you and judge, that ye have made our odour to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen, putting a sword into their hand to kill us!
(DBY YLT)

Exodus 7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river.
(KJV DBY NIV)

Exodus 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
(KJV DBY NIV)

Psalms 14:6 The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah 'is' his refuge.
(YLT)

Psalms 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
(KJV DBY)

Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
(Root in KJV DBY YLT NAS)

Isaiah 3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
(KJV)

Isaiah 19:6 and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
(DBY NIV)

Isaiah 34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
(KJV DBY)

Isaiah 50:2 Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Amos 4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
(KJV YLT)

Subtopics

Stink

Related Terms

Stench (12 Occurrences)

Foul (41 Occurrences)

Odour (43 Occurrences)

Weightier (3 Occurrences)

Ferment (3 Occurrences)

Fragrance (63 Occurrences)

Drain (11 Occurrences)

Perfumer's (2 Occurrences)

Bade (27 Occurrences)