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Lexicon :: Strong's G250 - aloē

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ἀλόη
Transliteration
aloē (Key)
Pronunciation
al-o-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin [cf אֲהָלִים (H174)]
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀλόη alóē, al-o-ay'; of foreign origin (compare H174); aloes (the gum):—aloes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G250 in the following manner: aloes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G250 in the following manner: aloes (1x).

  1. aloe, aloes

    This is the name of an aromatic tree which grows in eastern India and Cochin China, and whose soft and bitter wood the Orientals used in fumigation and in embalming the dead. The tree grows to a height of 120 feet (40 m) and a girth of 12 feet (4 m).
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀλόη alóē, al-o-ay'; of foreign origin (compare H174); aloes (the gum):—aloes.
STRONGS G250:
ἀλόη [on the accent see Chandler § 149), -ης, ἡ, (commonly ξυλαλόη, ἀγάλλοχον), Plutarch, the aloe, aloes: John 19:39. The name of an aromatic tree which grows in eastern India and Cochin China, and whose soft and bitter wood the Orientals used in fumigation and in embalming the dead (as, according to Herodotus, the Egyptians did), Hebrew אֲהָלִים and אֲהָלוֹת [see Mühlau and Volck under the words], Numbers 24:6; Psalm 45:9; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 4:14.
Arabic: Alluwe; Linn.: Excoecaria Agallochum. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Aloë [Löw § 235; BB. DD.].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
24:6
Psalms
45:9
Proverbs
7:17
Song of Songs
4:14
John
19:39

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Strong's Number G250 matches the Greek ἀλόη (aloē),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:39 - Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[fn] by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[fn] in weight.
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