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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σμύρνα
σμύρνα
G4666
Transliteration: smýrna
Pronunciation: smoor'-nah
Definition: myrrh
- Original: σμύρνα - Transliteration: Smurna - Phonetic: smoor'-nah
- Definition:
1. 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: as an antiseptic it was used for embalming
- Origin: apparently strengthened for G3464" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3464 - TDNT entry: 14:37,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Apparently strengthened for G3464" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3464; myrrh: - myrrh.