מֹר
môr · H4753 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- MyrrhPerfumes29 verses
- MyrrhTrees and plants yielding incense and perfume16 verses
Meanings
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myrrh
The gum of a bush or shrub with thick thorny branches that project and bend at odd angles; its leaves come in sets of three; its fruit is oval like a plum; its wood and bark have a pleasant smell; the gum oozes naturally from the branches; clear or yellowish brown when it comes out, but gets darker as it dries; Commiphora myrrha, abyssinica, or schimperi; an ingredient of anointing oil and perfume; regarded as precious
ExamplesExodus 30:23 “Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250,
Esther 2:12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beauty treatment were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with balsam oil and the cosmetics for women—
Psalm 45:8 All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You joyful.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- דְּרוֹרliberty, release 1
- יmy 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָבַרto pass 2
- חָמֵשׁfive 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֶּשֶׂםbalsam tree 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָרָהto pluck 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֶּגֶדgarment, clothes 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- הַרmountain 1
- צְרוֹרbag 1
- שֶׁמֶןoil 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- לֹט lôṭ · H3910 · ladanum
- Both words denote an aromatic substance, myrrh, and are two distinct Hebrew words for the same referent.
In the other Testament 1 word
- σμύρνα smýrna · G4666 · myrrh
- Greek σμύρνα (smyrna) is the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew מֹר (mor), both denoting the aromatic resin myrrh used in anointing oils, perfumes, and burial preparation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Spices001002005014
- The word denotes myrrh, an aromatic spice used in perfumes, anointing oil, and burial preparations.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4753. mor מוֺר מֹר, noun masculineSong of Solomon 5:5 myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian…
מוֺר מֹר, noun masculineSong of Solomon 5:5 myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian murru MeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic ; compare LagBN 40); — absolute מֹר Psa 45:9 Psa 45:5t., מוֺר Son 4:6 Son 4:3t. Cant; construct מָרֿ Exo 30:23; suffix מוֺרִי Son 5:1; — myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (see SigismundAromata 12 f. RiHWB under the word): — as flowing, i.e. fine, choice (carefully prepared by pressing and mixing, compare DiExo 30:23 RiHWB): מָרדְּֿרוֺר Exo 30:23 (see I. דְּרוֺר), ingredient of sacred oil; עֹבֵר מוֺר Son 5:5, Son 5:13 (as perfume); compare (as perfume) Son 1:13; Son 4:14; Son 5:1, Son 5:5; הַרהַֿמּוֺר Son 4:6, i.e. where it is gathered; as perfume also Psa 45:9; Pro 7:17, as incense וּלְבֹנָה מֹר מְקֻטֶּרֶת Son 3:6; הַמּוֺר שֶׁמֶן as unguent Est 2:12.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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