Strong's Concordance smurna: myrrh (used as an ointment and for embalming) Original Word: σμύρνα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: smurna Phonetic Spelling: (smoor'-nah) Short Definition: myrrh Definition: myrrh. HELPS Word-studies 4666 smýrna – myrrh; a perfume used as incense and the symbol of romantic desire . . . because it becomes sweet when fired-up! Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 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). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance myrrh. Apparently strengthened for muron; myrrh -- myrrh. see GREEK muron Forms and Transliterations σμύρνα σμυρναν σμύρναν σμυρνης σμύρνης smurnan smurnes smurnēs smyrnan smýrnan smyrnes smyrnēs smýrnes smýrnēsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46662 Occurrences σμύρναν — 1 Occ. σμύρνης — 1 Occ. Matthew 2:11 N-AFS GRK: λίβανον καὶ σμύρναν NAS: of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. KJV: frankincense, and myrrh. INT: frankincense and myrrh John 19:39 N-GFS |
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