What does θυμίαμα (thymíama) mean in the Bible?
θυμίαμα (thymíama) is a Greek word meaning "incense".
Greek · G2368
θυμίαμα
Incense
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θυμίαμαG2368
Pronunciationthymíama
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 Itincense3×Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4, Revelation 18:13
of incense2×Luke 1:11, Revelation 5:8
incense offering1×Luke 1:10
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:10θυμιάματοςtoincense offeringNoun - Genitive Neuter SingularLuke 1:11θυμιάματοςtoof incenseNoun - Genitive Neuter SingularRevelation 5:8θυμιαμάτωνtoof incenseNoun - Genitive Neuter PluralRevelation 8:3θυμιάματαtoincenseNoun - Nominative Neuter PluralRevelation 8:4θυμιαμάτωνtoincenseNoun - Genitive Neuter PluralRevelation 18:13θυμιάματαtoincenseNoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 1:10
Aligned rows6
Books represented2
Luke2Revelation4
Source forms
θυμιάματα2xthymiamataRevelation 8:3, Revelation 18:13
θυμιάματος2xthymiamatosLuke 1:10, Luke 1:11
θυμιαμάτων2xthymiamatōnRevelation 5:8, Revelation 8:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural2xRevelation 5:8, Revelation 8:4
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular2xLuke 1:10, Luke 1:11
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1xRevelation 18:13
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural1xRevelation 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. incense
Strong'sG2368
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms4 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
incense
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 1:10Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
θυμιάματος.qumiamatov
incense
Read verseLuke 1:11Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
θυμιάματος.qumiamatov
incense
Read verseRevelation 5:8Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
θυμιαμάτων,qumiamatwn
incense
Read verseRevelation 8:3Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
θυμιάματαqumiamata
incense
Read verseRevelation 8:4Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
θυμιαμάτωνqumiamatwn
incense
Read verseRevelation 18:13Noun 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 patterns4Aligned forms6Case patternGenitive (4)Number patternPlural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · NeuterRev 8:31×
Genitive · Singular · NeuterLuke 1:10 · Luke 1:112×
Genitive · Plural · NeuterRev 5:8 · Rev 8:42×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterRev 18:131×
Word Origins
θυμίαμα is built from this root:
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