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מֹר

mor · myrrh

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4753 · appears 12 times in the Bible

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What it means

mor (מֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “myrrh”.

An aromatic, bitter resin from a shrub.

How to say it

mor

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

  1. A fragrant resin used for perfumes.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Exodus 30:23

    “And you, take for yourself the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

  • Esther 2:12

    And when the turn of each young woman came to go in to King Ahasuerus, at the end of twelve months of her being according to the law of the women (for so the days of their ointments were completed: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and with the ointments of the women),

  • Psalms 45:8

    Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all your garments; from palaces of ivory strings make you glad.

  • Proverbs 7:17

    I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

  • Song of Songs 1:13

    A little bag of myrrh is my beloved to me; between my breasts he spends the night.

  • Song of Songs 3:6

    Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • Song of Songs 4:6

    Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

  • Song of Songs 4:14

    nard and saffron, cane and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the finest balsams;

  • Song of Songs 5:1

    I have come to my garden, my sister, bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, companions; drink, and be drunk with love!

  • Song of Songs 5:5

    I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped myrrh, and my fingers myrrh that flows, on the handles of the bolt.

  • Song of Songs 5:13

    His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.

And 1 more times.