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In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to illustrate the meticulous attention to minor details of the law while neglecting more important matters.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, mint was a common herb used for culinary and medicinal purposes. It was valued for its fragrance and was often used in religious and domestic settings. In Jewish tradition, mint, along with other herbs, was subject to tithing laws, which required a tenth of produce to be given as an offering.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/greek/2234.htm">hédeós</a> and <a href="/greek/3744.htm">osmé</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>sweet smelling<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>mint (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2238: ἡδυοσμος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἡδυοσμος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἡδύοσμον</span> (<span class="greek2">ἡδύς</span> and <span class="greek2">ὀσμή</span>), <span class="accented">sweet-smelling</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Pliny</span>,<span class="latin">jucunde</span><span class="latin">olens</span>); neuter <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ἡδυοσμος</span> as a substantive <span class="accented">garden-mint</span> (equivalent to <span class="greek2">μινθη</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Strabo</span> 8, 3, 14, p. 344; <span class="abbreviation">Theophrastus</span>, hist. plant. 7, 7; cf. caus. plant. 6, 22 (20)), a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to strew the floors of their houses and synagogues; (it was called by them <span class="hebrew">מִינְתָּא</span>, see Buxtorf, Lex. talm. under the word, p. 1228 (p. 623, Fischer edition)): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">BB. DD.</span>)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mint. <p>Neuter of the compound of the same as <a href="/greek/2234.htm">hedeos</a> and <a href="/greek/3744.htm">osme</a>; a sweet-scented plant, i.e. Mint -- mint. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2234.htm">hedeos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3744.htm">osme</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ηδεία ηδείας ηδύ ηδυοσμον ηδύοσμον ἡδύοσμον ηδύς ηδύσματα ηδύσματος ηδυσμάτων ηδυσμού ηδυφώνου ηδώ ηθάμ eduosmon ēduosmon hedyosmon hedýosmon hēdyosmon hēdýosmon<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/23-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 23:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/23.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ <b>ἡδύοσμον</b> καὶ τὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For you tithe <span class="itali">mint</span> and dill<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for ye pay tithe <span class="itali">of mint</span> and anise<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you pay tithes of <span class="itali">mint</span> and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/11-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 11:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀποδεκατοῦτε τὸ <b>ἡδύοσμον</b> καὶ τὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For you pay tithe <span class="itali">of mint</span> and rue<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for ye tithe <span class="itali">mint</span> and rue<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/11-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you pay tithes of <span class="itali">mint</span> and<p><b><a href="/greek/2238.htm">Strong's Greek 2238</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2238.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/e_duosmon_2238.htm">ἡδύοσμον — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2237.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2237"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2237" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2239.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2239"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2239" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>