Original: σμύρνα

Transliteration: smýrna

Phonetic: smoor'-nah

Short Definition: Myrrh

- Original: σμύρνα

- Transliteration: Smurna

- Phonetic: smoor'-nah

- Definition:

1. 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: as an antiseptic it was used for embalming

- Origin: apparently strengthened for G3464

- TDNT entry: 14:37,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Apparently strengthened for G3464; myrrh: - myrrh.

Cognate: G4669