ʼalmuggîym — H484

Definition

masculine noun

almug (i.e. probably sandle-wood) sticks

1. a tree from Lebanon, almug trees (sandalwood?), almug wood

Usually translated as

almug trees

Origin

probably of foreign derivation (used thus only in the plural)

Occurrences

ʼalmuggîym occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2)

• 1 Kings 10:11 — And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug (אַלְמֻגִּ֛ים) trees, and precious stones.
• 1 Kings 10:12 — And the king made of the almug (הָאַלְמֻגִּ֜ים) trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
• 1 Kings 10:12 — And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug (אַלְמֻגִּים֙) trees, nor were seen unto this day.