Strong G4666σμύρνα
myrrh
- Transliteration
- smurna
- Pronunciation
- smoor'-nah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Apparently strengthened for G3464; myrrh: - myrrh.
Detailed definition
σμύρνα
(in some MSS, ζμ-; see Bl., § 3, 9), -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for מֹר;]
myrrh, a resinous gum used as an unguent and for embalming: Mat.2:11, Jhn.19:39.†
(AS)
(in some MSS, ζμ-; see Bl., § 3, 9), -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for מֹר;]
myrrh, a resinous gum used as an unguent and for embalming: Mat.2:11, Jhn.19:39.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4666 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- myrrh2
First verses
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- John 19:39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σμύρνα,
frequently written ζμύρνα as in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.328.2 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 35.4 (2nd c.BC), “PMag.Par.” 1.781, etc., ἡ,= μύρρα)], myrrh, the gum of an Arabian tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (itself called σμύρνα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.14.4, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 34.5))], used for embalming the dead, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, 86, compare 73, NT.John.19.39)]; called σμύρνης ἱδρώς by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1175)]; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 370)]; ὑποθυμιῆν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 6)]; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1332; σμύρνῃ ἰώμενοι τὰ ἕλκεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181; compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.1.2, 9.4.3 and 10, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.64, etc.)]
II Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.22.4. (The originally form must have been μύρρα, from 3rd c.BC: Phoenix Iambographus)] môrâh; compare κιννάμωμον.)
frequently written ζμύρνα as in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.328.2 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 35.4 (2nd c.BC), “PMag.Par.” 1.781, etc., ἡ,= μύρρα)], myrrh, the gum of an Arabian tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (itself called σμύρνα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.14.4, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 34.5))], used for embalming the dead, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.40, 86, compare 73, NT.John.19.39)]; called σμύρνης ἱδρώς by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1175)]; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 370)]; ὑποθυμιῆν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 6)]; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1332; σμύρνῃ ἰώμενοι τὰ ἕλκεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181; compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.1.2, 9.4.3 and 10, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.64, etc.)]
II Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.22.4. (The originally form must have been μύρρα, from 3rd c.BC: Phoenix Iambographus)] môrâh; compare κιννάμωμον.)