ODOR, one Heb. and two Gr. words are so tr. in the various Eng. VSS. The Heb. term, נִיחֹחַ, H5767, means “appeasement,” as of the divine displeasure (Gen 8:21, et al.), usually referring to the custom of incense offerings widely dispersed throughout the ancient Near E. In this sense the word is tr. as “odor” in the KJV only in Leviticus 26:31; Daniel 2:46. In most other passages such as Genesis 8:21 it is read less correctly as “savor” when “odor of appeasement” is meant. In the NT, two Gr. words are so read: (1) ὀσμή, G4011, an old classical Gr. term which means all sorts of odors, stench or evil smell as in the LXX of Job 6:7, and pleasant odors as of spices or perfumes in John 12:3. It is used in a fig. sense in 2 Corinthians 2:14 and elsewhere. (2) The less common term means literally, “incense” and is found in many classical writers and the LXX. The term is, θυμίαμα, G2592, used of the incense altar as in Luke 1:11, but also of the incense in apocalyptic scenes as in Revelation 5:8 and following. Revelation shows the most frequent occurrence of the word.