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Nave Topical Bible
• Balm
Thompson Chain Reference
• Balm
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Spices, Spikenard, Myrrh, Hyssop, Etc: & Balm, Ointment, Perfumes
• Perfumes, & Spices: & Balm, Ointment
• Balm of Gilead: & Perfumes
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Balm, or More Properly, Balsam
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Gilead, Balm of
• Balm
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Balm
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Balm of Gilead
• Balm
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Balm
King James Dictionary
• Balm
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Balm
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Balmes, Jaime Luciano
• Balm
People's Bible Dictionary
• Balm
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Balm
Wilson's Bible Types
• Balm
Webster Dictionary
• Balm
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Balm
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Balm
• Jaime Luciano Balmes
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Balm
• Balm of Gilead
• Gilead, Balm of
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Balm
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Balm
• Balme, Henri de
• Balmes, Abraham ben-Meir
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Henry Balme
• Jaime Luciano Balmes
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abraham de Balmes ben Meir
• Balm
Lexicons
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B'ALM, n. bam.

1. The sap or juice of trees or shrubs remarkable odoriferous or aromatic.

2. Any fragrant or valuable ointment.

3. Anything which heals, or which soothes or mitigates pain.

4. In botany, the name of several plants, particularly of the genus Melissa. They are aromatic and used as corroborants.

Balm of Gilead. A plant of the genus Amyris. Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent and from this plant is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca or of Syria. It has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm bitterish aromatic taste, and an acidulous fragrant smell. It is valued as an odoriferous unguent, and cosmetic, by the Turks, who possess the country of its growth, and hence it is adulterated for market.

B'ALM, To anoint with balm, or with any thing medicinal.

2. To soothe to mitigate to assuage.