Smýrna — G4666

Definition

feminine noun

myrrh

1. as an antiseptic it was used in embalming

Usually translated as

myrrh

Origin

apparently strengthened for G3464

• mýron (G3464)

Occurrences

Smýrna occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), John (1)

• Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh (σμύρναν).
• John 19:39 — And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh (σμύρνης) and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.