Myrrh Aromatic Resin

Mirra: resina aromática costosa del árbol Commiphora, usada en el aceite sagrado, perfumes y preparación funeraria

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+