σμύρνα
smü'r-nä
feminine noun
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Apparently strengthened for μύρον (G3464)
apparently strengthened for G3464; myrrh:—myrrh.
Outline
- 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