Myrrh Aromatic Resin

† מֹר, מוֹר n.m. Ct 5:5 myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian murru MeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic مُرٌّ; cf. LagBN 40);—abs. מֹר ψ 45:9 + 5 times, מוֹר Ct 4:6 + 3 times Ct; cstr. מָר־ Ex 30:23; sf. מוֹרִי Ct 5:1;—myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (v. Sigismund Aromata 12 f. RiHWB s. v.):—as flowing, i.e. fine, choice (carefully prepared by pressing and mixing, cf. Di Ex 30:23 RiHWB): מָר־דְּרוֹר Ex 30:23 (v. i. דְּרוֹר), ingredient of sacred oil; מוֹר עֹבֵר Ct 5:5, 13 (as perfume); cf. (as perfume) Ct 1:13; 4:14; 5:1, 5; הַר־הַמּוֹר 4:6, i.e. where it is gathered; as perfume also ψ 45:9 Pr 7:17, as incense מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וּלְבֹנָה Ct 3:6; שֶׁמֶן הַמּוֹר as unguent Est 2:12.

σμύρνα, frequently written ζμύρνα as in Refs 3rd c.BC+, myrrh, the gum of an Arabian tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (itself called σμύρνα Refs 2nd c.AD+, used for embalming the dead, NT+5th c.BC+; called σμύρνης ἱδρώς by Refs 5th c.BC+; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑποθυμιῆν σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος Refs 5th c.BC+ __II Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, Refs 3rd c.BC+ môrâh; compare κιννάμωμον.)

† לֹט n.[m.] myrrh, or ‘ladanum’ (Gk.), an aromatic gum exuded by leaves of cistus-rose, cistus villosus, TristrFFP, 235, and especially Nat. Hist. Bib., 458 ff.; RiHWB 897, cf. LöwNo. 79 Di Gn 37:25 NowArch. i. 64 (Sab. לדן, SabDenkm84; Assyrian ladunu (from Damascus) cf. SchrCOT Gn 37:25MBAk. 1881, pp. 413 ff.; Arabic لَادَنٌ, whence Gk. λήδανον, λάδανον Hdt iii. 112);—נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלֹט Gn 37:25, merchandise of Ishmaelite caravan, cf. 43:11, present to Joseph (both J; 𝔊 στακτή).

σμυρν-ίζω, flavour or drug with myrrh, ἐσμυρνισμένος οἶνος NT __2 intransitive, to be like myrrh, Refs 1st c.AD+