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myrrh 音標拼音: [m'ɚ] n. 沒藥 沒藥 myrrh n 1: aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume [ synonym: { myrrh}, { gum myrrh}, { sweet cicely}] Myrrh \ Myrrh\, n. [ OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.] A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the { Commiphora Myrrha} ( syn. { Balsamodendron Myrrha}) of the family { Burseraceae}, or from the { Commiphora abyssinica}. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of { Cistus}, or rockrose. [ 1913 Webster] { False myrrh}. See the Note under { Bdellium}. [ 1913 Webster] 29 Moby Thesaurus words for " myrrh": ambergris, ambrosia, aromatic, aromatic gum, aromatic water, attar, attar of roses, balm, balm of Gilead, balsam, bay oil, bergamot oil, champaca oil, civet, essence, essential oil, extract, fixative, heliotrope, jasmine oil, lavender oil, musk, myrcia oil, parfum, perfume, perfumery, rose oil, scent, volatile oilMyrrh Heb. mor. ( 1.) First mentioned as a principal ingredient in the holy anointing oil ( Ex. 30: 23). It formed part of the gifts brought by the wise men from the east, who came to worship the infant Jesus ( Matt. 2: 11). It was used in embalming ( John 19: 39), also as a perfume ( Esther 2: 12; Ps. 45: 8; Prov. 7: 17). It was a custom of the Jews to give those who were condemned to death by crucifixion " wine mingled with myrrh" to produce insensibility. This drugged wine was probably partaken of by the two malefactors, but when the Roman soldiers pressed it upon Jesus " he received it not" ( Mark 15: 23). ( See { GALL}.) This was the gum or viscid white liquid which flows from a tree resembling the acacia, found in Africa and Arabia, the Balsamodendron myrrha of botanists. The " bundle of myrrh" in Cant. 1: 13 is rather a " bag" of myrrh or a scent- bag. ( 2.) Another word _lot_ is also translated " myrrh" ( Gen. 37: 25; 43: 11; R. V., marg., " or ladanum"). What was meant by this word is uncertain. It has been thought to be the chestnut, mastich, stacte, balsam, turpentine, pistachio nut, or the lotus. It is probably correctly rendered by the Latin word ladanum, the Arabic ladan, an aromatic juice of a shrub called the Cistus or rock rose, which has the same qualities, though in a slight degree, of opium, whence a decoction of opium is called laudanum. This plant was indigenous to Syria and Arabia.
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