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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀλόη

(Strong's #250 — Noun Feminine — aloe — al'-o-ay' )

"an aromatic tree," the soft, bitter wood of which was used by Orientals for the purposes of fumigation and embalming, John 19:39 (see also Numbers 24:6; Psalm 45:8; Proverbs 7:17 ). In the Sept., S. of Song of Solomon 4:14 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Aloes'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​a/aloes.html. 1940.
 
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