Aloe
אָהָלStrong’s H0174ahalim (a-ha-lim)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ahalim is the Hebrew word usually translated “aloes” and “like aloes”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.”
Meaning
- Aloes, aloe treealoe tree · aloe (perfume)
How it's translated
- and aloes 2
- like aloes 1
- aloes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
- Song of Solomon 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 45:8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
- Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- Song of Solomon 4:14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Hebrew dictionary
אָהָל ahalim · aloe
1) aloes, aloe tree 1a) aloe tree 1b) aloe (perfume)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “aloe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AL'OE, noun
al'o, plural aloes, pronounced aloze, and popularly al'oez, in three syllables, according to the Latin. [Latin aloe; Gr; Heb. plu aloe trees.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.