μίγμα G3395
a mixture, a compound combining multiple ingredients
This neuter noun denotes a mixture or compound, typically of substances blended together. In John 19:39, it describes Nicodemus's preparation for Jesus's burial—a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. The multilingual glosses uniformly identify mixture or compound (Spanish mezcla, French mélange, German Gemisch). Classical usage includes mixed drugs, pigments, condiments, or amalgams. The term emphasizes the combined nature of the preparation rather than its individual components.
Senses
1. sense 1 — John 19:39 presents Nicodemus bringing a massive mixture of myrrh and aloes for Jesus's burial. The cross-linguistic evidence consistently renders mixture or compound. The extraordinary quantity (about seventy-five pounds) and the costly ingredients signal both Nicodemus's devotion and the honor due to Jesus. The mixture represents the blending of aromatic spices in proportions appropriate for royal burial, with the combined preparation far exceeding typical burial customs in both quantity and quality. 1×
AR["خَلِيطَ"]·ben["মিশ্রণ"]·DE["Gemisch"]·EN["a-mixture"]·FR["mélange"]·heb["תַּעֲרֹבֶת"]·HI["मिश्रण"]·ID["campuran"]·IT["migma"]·jav["campuran"]·KO["혼합물-을"]·PT["mistura"]·RU["смесь"]·ES["mezcla"]·SW["mchanganyiko"]·TR["karışımı"]·urd["آمیزش"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μίγμα, ατος, τό, (μείγνυμι) mixture, compound, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 μίγματα, τά, of drugs, NT+1st c.AD+; of pigments, Refs 1st c.BC+; of condiments, Refs 1st c.AD+; of amalgams, Zos.Alch.p.197 Refs 5th c.BC+, for which μεῖγμα (formed like{χεῦμα}) should perhaps be restored in Refs 5th c.BC+