Mârûwq — H4795

Definition

masculine noun

properly, rubbed; but used abstractly, a rubbing (with perfumery)

1. scraping, rubbing
1. of year of preparation of girls for the harem; bodily rubbings

Usually translated as

purification

Origin

from H4838

• Derived from Mâraq (H4838)

Greek equivalents

• therapeía (G2322)

Occurrences

Mârûwq occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (1)

• Esther 2:12 — Now 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 (מְרוּקֵיהֶ֑ן) 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;)