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Almug
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Santalum Album
Almug tree (or Algum); traditionally thought to denominate Red Sandalwood and/or White Sandalwood, but a few claim it is Juniper. Pterocarpus santalinus Santalum album Juniperus excelsa. אלמגים ’almuggîm - Strongs: H484, אלגּוּמּים ’algûmmı̂ym - Strongs: H418.
From Easton: Almug, (1 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 10:12) = algum (2 Chronicles 2:8; 2 Chronicles 9:10, 2 Chronicles 9:11), in the Hebrew occurring only in the plural _almuggim_ (indicating that the wood was brought in planks), the name of a wood brought from Ophir to be used in the building of the temple, and for other purposes. Some suppose it to have been the white sandal-wood of India, the Santalum album of botanists, a native of the mountainous parts of the Malabar coasts. It is a fragrant wood, and is used in China for incense in idol-worship. Others, with some probability, think that it was the Indian red sandal-wood, the pterocarpus santalinus, a heavy, fine-grained wood, the Sanscrit name of which is valguka. It is found on the Coromandel coast and in Ceylon.
Verses:
- 1 Kings 10:11
- 1 Kings 10:12
- 2 Chronicles 2:8
- 2 Chronicles 9:10
- 2 Chronicles 9:11
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