aloé
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250. aloé

aloé: aloe
Original Word: ἀλόη, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: aloé
Phonetic Spelling: (al-o-ay')
Short Definition: aloes
Definition: aloes, the powdered fragrant aloe wood.

250 alóē – "The strongly aromatic, quick-drying sap of a tree (the Aquillaria) – mixed with myrrh and used for embalming" (BAGD); "the true aloe plant (Aloē succotrina Lam, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1:99).

250 (aloē) was used in ancient times for embalming fluid mixed with myrrh. Aloē is used in the Septuagint (S of Sol 4:14) as a "spice of love."

[It probably refers to an aromatic substance derived from the eaglewood tree (Aquilaria agallocha, ibid), CBL.]

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
aloe
NASB Word Usage
aloes (1).

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aloes.

Of foreign origin (compare akanthinos); aloes (the gum) -- aloes.

see GREEK akanthinos

ἀλλοτρίῳ — 4 Occ.
ἀλλοτρίων — 4 Occ.
ἀλλοτρίοις — 1 Occ.
ἀλλότριον — 2 Occ.
ἀλλοφύλῳ — 1 Occ.
ἄλλως — 1 Occ.
ἀλοῶν — 1 Occ.
ἀλοῶντα — 2 Occ.
ἄλογα — 2 Occ.
ἄλογον — 1 Occ.
ἀλὶ — 1 Occ.
ἁλυκὸν — 1 Occ.
ἀλυπότερος — 1 Occ.
ἁλύσει — 2 Occ.
ἁλύσεις — 2 Occ.
ἁλύσεσι — 1 Occ.
ἁλύσεσιν — 3 Occ.
ἅλυσιν — 3 Occ.
ἀλυσιτελὲς — 1 Occ.
Ἁλφαίου — 5 Occ.


Strong's Greek 250
1 Occurrence


ἀλόης — 1 Occ.

John 19:39 N-GFS
BIB: σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας
NAS: of myrrh and aloes, about
KJV: of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred
INT: of myrrh and aloes about litras

1 Occurrence


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