G4666

σμύρνα

smurnaG:N-F

myrrh

σμύρνα (in some MSS, ζμ-; see Bl., § 3, 9), -ης, ἡ, [in LXX for מֹר ;] myrrh, a resinous gum used as an unguent and for em­balming: Mat.2:11, Jhn.19:39.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4666 in the following manner:

myrrh (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

σμύρνα — smýrna

σμύρνα, σμύρνης, ἡ, Hebrew מֹר, מור, myrrh, a bitter gum and costly perfume which exudes from a certain tree or shrub in Arabia and Ethiopia, or is obtained by incisions made in the bark: Mat 2:11; as an antiseptic it was used in embalming, Joh 19:39. Cf. Herodotus 2, 40, 86; 3, 107; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 9, 3f; Diodorus 5, 41; Pliny, h. n. 12, 33f; (BB. DD.; Birdwood in the 'Bible Educator', vol. ii., p. 151; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennam. § 185).

2 occurrences

Matthew (1), John (1)