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Lexicon :: Strong's G4666 - smyrna

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σμύρνα
Transliteration
smyrna (Key)
Pronunciation
smoor'-nah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently strengthened for μύρον (G3464)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
9x in 3 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:457,1055

Strong’s Definitions

σμύρνα smýrna, smoor'-nah; apparently strengthened for G3464; myrrh:—myrrh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4666 in the following manner: myrrh (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4666 in the following manner: myrrh (2x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σμύρνα smýrna, smoor'-nah; apparently strengthened for G3464; myrrh:—myrrh.
STRONGS G4666:
σμύρνα, σμύρνης, ἡ, Hebrew מֹר, מור, 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: Matthew 2:11; as an antiseptic it was used in embalming, John 19:39. Cf. Herodotus 2, 40, 86; 3, 107; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 9, 3f; Diodorus 5, 41; Pliny, h. n. 12, 33f; (BB. DD.; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator', vol. ii., p. 151; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennam. § 185).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:11
John
19:39

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4666 matches the Greek σμύρνα (smyrna),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - “Collect choice spices—12½ pounds of pure myrrh, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds of fragrant calamus,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8 - Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume your robes.
In ivory palaces the music of strings entertains you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Young Women of Jerusalem
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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Before the dawn breezes blow
and the night shadows flee,
I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - nard and saffron,
fragrant calamus and cinnamon,
with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,
and every other lovely spice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - Young Man
I have entered my garden, my treasure,[fn] my bride!
I gather myrrh with my spices
and eat honeycomb with my honey.
I drink wine with my milk.

Young Women of Jerusalem
Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink!
Yes, drink deeply of your love!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:5 - I jumped up to open the door for my love,
and my hands dripped with perfume.
My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh
as I pulled back the bolt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - His cheeks are like gardens of spices
giving off fragrance.
His lips are like lilies,
perfumed with myrrh.
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