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σμύρνα, ης, ἡ n.f. myrrh
Strong's Definition
myrrh
Derivation: apparently strengthened for G3464 (μύρον);
KJV Usage: myrrh
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης
6.208 · Artifacts · Perfumes and Incense
myrrh the aromatic resin of certain bushes Myrrh was used as one of the ingredients involved in the process of embalming a corpse. Most translators borrow a term for myrrh and then use some kind of marginal note to explain that myrrh was a valuable aromatic substance often used in preserving a corpse. See 6.204.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Σμύρνα, -ης, 7, Smyrna, an Ionian city, on the Hgean Sea, about 40 miles N. of Ephesus; it had a harbor, and flourished in trade, commerce, and the arts; now Jsmir (BB.DD.]: Rev.i.11; ii.8. Taf. after cod. 8 [(cf. cod. Bezae, ed. Scrivener, p. xlviii.)] has adopted the form Zuvpv., found also occasionally on coins and in inserr. ; ef. Kuhner i. p. 200 e.; [Tdf.’s note on Rey. i. 11; and see Σ, σ, s, sub fin.; Bp. Lyhtfi. Ignat. ii. 331 note].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Σμύρνα (T, Ζμ-; B1., § 3, 9), -ας, ἡ Smyrna, an Ionian city on the Ægean: Re 1:11 2:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σμύρνα, “myrrh.” For this spelling of the common noun which is found in its two NT occurrences (Mt 211, Jn 1959) cf. the = σμυρναίαν, 7.2. σμύρναν ? Τὸ the exx. of ἵμύρνα cited s.v. Zpipva, we may add the fragmentary P Cairo Zen I. 59009 (6)}- (iii/B.c.) fpipyys [ , P Grenf I. 142° (B.c. 150 or 139) κίστη μεί(γάλη) ξύ(λου) τειμῆς μύρου κ[αὶ] ζμύρνης. As showing the price of myrrh, which was a state monopoly, note P Tebt I. 35* (B.c. 111) (= Chrest. I. p. 369) τῆς ἀναδεδομένης κατὰ κώμην ζμύρνης μηδένα πλεῖον πράσσειζζσιδὸν τῆς μνᾶς dpyv(plov) Spaxμῶν p, “for the myrrh distributed in the villages no one shall exact more than 4o drachmae of silver for a minaweight ” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σμύρνα (smurna) — myrrh. σμύρνα, frequently written ζμύρνα as in [Refs 3rd c.BC+], myrrh, the gum of an Arabian tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (itself called σμύρνα [Refs 2nd c.AD+], used for embalming the dead, [NT+5th c.BC+]; called σμύρνης ἱδρώς by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; burnt as incense, βωμὸς ἀτμίζων πυρὶ σμύρνης σταλαγμούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑποθυμιῆν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; used as an unguent or salve, σμύρνῃ κατάλειπτος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. Indian bdellium, Balsamodendron Mukul, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] môrâh; compare κιννάμωμον.)