מִרְקַחַת
mirkachat · ointment
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4842 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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mirkachat (מִרְקַחַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ointment”.
Aromatic blend, ointment.
How to say it
mir·ka·chat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A preparation of fragrant spices, blended by a perfumer: an ointment.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- blend ×1
- blended ×1
- perfumer’s ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 30:25
You shall make of it a holy anointing oil, a blended mixture, the work of a perfumer; a holy anointing oil it shall be.
- 1 Chronicles 9:30
And of the sons of the priests were those who prepared the blend of the spices.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14
They buried him in his tombs that he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on the bed that they had filled with spices and perfumes of various kinds blended as a perfumer’s work; and they made for him a very great burning.