Quick Definition
ἀλόη, ης, ἡ n.f. aloes
Strong's Definition
of foreign origin (compare 174); aloes (the gum)
KJV Usage: aloes
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης
6.209 · Artifacts · Perfumes and Incense
aloes an aromatic resin of a lily-like plant, often used for embalming a corpse As in the case of σμύρνα ‘myrrh’ (6.208), translators normally borrow a term for ‘aloes’ and then employ some kind of marginal note to indicate the nature of the substance.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλόη [on the accent see Chandler § 149], -ης. 4, (commonly ξυλαλόη, ἀγάλλοχον), Plut., the aloe, aloes: Jn. xix. 39. The name of an aromatic tree which grows in eastern India and Cochin China, and whose soft and bitter wood the Orientals used in fumigation and in embalming the dead (as, acc. to Hdt., the Egyptians did), Hebr. Ὁ and nidnx [see Muhlau and Volck 8. vv.], Num. xxiv. 6; Ps. xlv. 9; Prov. vii. 17; Cant. iv. 14. Arab. Alluwe; Linn.: Excoecaria A gallochum. Cf. Win. RWB. s. v. Aloé [Low § 235; BB.DD].* GAs, ἁλός, 6, see ἅλας.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλόη aloē 1x
aloe, lign-aloe, a tree which grows in India and Cochin-China, the wood of which is soft and bitter, though highly aromatic. It is used by the Orientals as a perfume; and employed for the purposes of embalming, Jn. 19:39*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀλόη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ca 4:14 א (אֲהָלִים)*;]
the aloe, aloes (the powder of a fragrant wood): Jo 19:39.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀλόη (aloē) — aloes. ἀλόη, ἡ, bitter aloes, Aloe vera, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. ={ἀγάλλοχον}, [LXX] (in Heb. form ἀλώθ), [NT]
3. ἀ. γαλλική, ={γεντιανή}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. ἀ. ἡπατῖτις, hepatic aloes, Aloe Perryi, [Refs]