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smelling

Meaning of “smelling”

Perceiving a scent by the nose or giving off an odor.

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3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Song of Solomon 5:5

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Every verse containing “smelling”

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Song of Solomon 5:5
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:5 · retained source text

I rose vp to open to my beloued, and my hands dropped with myrrhe, and my fingers with sweete smelling myrrhe, vpon the handles of the locke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. passing, or running about.

Song of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:13 · retained source text

His cheekes are as a bed of spices, as sweete flowers: his lippes like lillies, dropping sweete smelling myrrhe.

1611 marginal noteOr, towers of perfumes.

1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 12:17 · retained source text

If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

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