מֹרmôr
myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
Pronunciation: more · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4753
Meanings
myrrh, from bitter taste, an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree (Song of Solomon 5:5; Psalms 45:9; Song of Solomon 4:6; Exodus 30:23; Song of Solomon 5:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 30:23 “Collect choice spices—12 1⁄2 pounds of pure myrrh, 6 1⁄4 pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6 1⁄4 pounds of fragrant calamus,
- Esther 2:12 Before each young woman was taken to the king’s bed, she was given the prescribed twelve months of beauty treatments—six months with oil of myrrh, followed by six months with special perfumes and ointments.
- Psalms 45:8 Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume your robes. In ivory palaces the music of strings entertains you.
- Proverbs 7:17 I’ve perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- Song of Solomon 1:13 My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
- Song of Solomon 3:6 Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness like a cloud of smoke? Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense and every kind of spice?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).