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Myrrh
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
or מור , Exodus 30:23; Esther 2:19; Psalms 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 1:13; Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:6; Song of Solomon 4:14; Song of Solomon 5:1; Song of Solomon 5:5; Song of Solomon 5:13; σμυρνα , Sir_24:15; Matthew 2:11; Mark 15:23; John 19:39; a precious kind of gum issuing by incision, and sometimes spontaneously, from the trunk and larger branches of a tree growing in Egypt, Arabia, and Abyssinia. Its taste is extremely bitter, but its smell, though strong, is not disagreeable; and among the ancients it entered into the composition of the most costly ointments. As a perfume, it appears to have been used to give a pleasant fragrance to vestments, and to be carried by females in little caskets in the bosom. The magi, who came from the east to worship our Saviour at Bethlehem, made him a present of myrrh among other things, Matthew 2:11 .
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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Myrrh'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/m/myrrh.html. 1831-2.
