Myrrh
מֹרStrong’s H4753mor
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mor is the Hebrew word usually translated “myrrh”, “myrrh of” and “myrrh my”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,”
Meaning
- Myrrhan Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume
How it's translated
- myrrh 10
- myrrh of 1
- myrrh my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 7
- Exodus 1
- Esther 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 2:12Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
- 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 1:13A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
- Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
- Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Hebrew dictionary
מֹר mor · myrrh
1) myrrh 1a) an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “myrrh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MYRRH, noun
mer. [Latin myrrha.] A gum-resin that comes in the form of drops or globules of various colors and sizes, of a pretty strong but agreeable smell, and of a bitter taste. It is imported from Egypt, but chiefly from the southern or eastern parts of Arabia; from what species of tree or plant it is procured, is unknown. As a medicine, it is a good stomachic, antispasmodic and cordial.
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.