Myrrh Definition

mûr
noun
A fragrant, bitter-tasting gum resin exuded from any of several plants of Arabia and E Africa, used in making incense, perfume, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of these plants; esp., any of several small trees (genus Commiphora) of the bursera family.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Myrrh

Noun

Singular:
myrrh
Plural:
myrrhs

Origin of Myrrh

  • Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (murrha), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning bitter. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “bitter"), Hebrew מֹר (mor, “bitterness, acrimony").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English mirre from Old English myrrha from Latin from Greek murrha of Semitic origin mrr in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Myrrh Sentence Examples

  • The myrrh mentioned in Gen.

  • Gold, with myrrh and frankincense were offered by the Persian Magi to the infant Jesus at his birth; and in Revelation viii.

  • Ivory, cattle, butter, coffee, cotton, myrrh, gums and skins are exported from the Benadir country.

  • These slopes are the home of aromatic flora which yields myrrh and frankincense.

  • They worshipped Re at sunrise with resin, at mid-day with myrrh and at sunset with an elaborate confection called kuphi, compounded of no fewer than sixteen ingredients, among which were honey, wine, raisins, resin, myrrh and sweet calamus.

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