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savour

Meaning of “savour”

A taste, flavour, smell, scent, or a quality, character, reputation, or influence compared to one.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
54 occurrences53 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:21

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Showing verses 51–53 of 53 · 54 word occurrences in this result

2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 2:15 · retained source text

For wee are vnto God, a sweet sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them that perish.

2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 2:16 · retained source text

To the one wee are the sauour of death vnto death; and to the other, the sauour of life vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 5:2 · retained source text

And walke in loue, as Christ also hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling sauour;

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