What does θυμίαμα (thymíama) mean in the Bible?
θυμίαμα (thymíama) is a Greek word meaning "incense".
Greek · G2368
θυμίαμα
Incense
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θυμίαμα G2368
Pronunciation thymíama
What does θυμίαμα (thymíama) mean in the Bible?
θυμίαμα (thymíama) is a Greek word meaning "incense".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2368?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include incense (3), of incense (2), incense offering (1).
Where does θυμίαμα (thymíama) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (4), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It incense 3× Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4, Revelation 18:13
of incense 2× Luke 1:11, Revelation 5:8
incense offering 1× Luke 1:10
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:10 θυμιάματος to incense offering Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Luke 1:11 θυμιάματος to of incense Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Revelation 5:8 θυμιαμάτων to of incense Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Revelation 8:3 θυμιάματα to incense Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural Revelation 8:4 θυμιαμάτων to incense Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Revelation 18:13 θυμιάματα to incense Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:10
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Revelation 4
Source forms
θυμιάματα 2x thymiamata Revelation 8:3, Revelation 18:13
θυμιάματος 2x thymiamatos Luke 1:10, Luke 1:11
θυμιαμάτων 2x thymiamatōn Revelation 5:8, Revelation 8:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 2x Revelation 5:8, Revelation 8:4
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x Luke 1:10, Luke 1:11
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 18:13
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. incense
Strong's G2368
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
incense
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:10 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
θυμιάματος. qumiamatov
incense
Read verse Luke 1:11 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
θυμιάματος. qumiamatov
incense
Read verse Revelation 5:8 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
θυμιαμάτων, qumiamatwn
incense
Read verse Revelation 8:3 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
θυμιάματα qumiamata
incense
Read verse Revelation 8:4 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
θυμιαμάτων qumiamatwn
incense
Read verse Revelation 18:13 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
θυμιάματα, qumiamata
incense
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 8:3 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 1:10 · Luke 1:11 2×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Rev 5:8 · Rev 8:4 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 18:13 1×
Word Origins
θυμίαμα is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain