greek #4666 - σμύρνα, ης, ἡ smurna (myrrh (used as an ointment and for embalming))
Strong's Exhaustive ConcordanceThayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 4666: σμύρνασμύρνα, σμύρνης, ἡ, Hebrew מֹר, מור, myrrh, a bitter gum and costly perfume which exudes from a certain tree or shrub in Arabia and Ethiopia, or is obtained by incisions made in the bark: Matthew 2:11; as an antiseptic it was used in embalming, John 19:39. Cf. Herodotus 2, 40, 86; 3, 107; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 9, 3f; Diodorus 5, 41; Pliny, h. n. 12, 33f; (BB. DD.; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator', vol. ii., p. 151; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennam. § 185).Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 4666. σμύρνα (smurna) — 2 OccurrencesMatthew 2:11 - N-AFS John 19:39 - N-GFS |