UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: σμύρνα; -ης

Sense 1: myrrh

Semantic entry: 6.208

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Perfumes and Incense

Definition: the aromatic resin of certain bushes

Notes: 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: οἶνος / 6.204: σμυρνίζω.

Further resources: realia:10.6.1.1

Show passage in OET: MAT 2:11

OET-RV MAT 2:11

11 As they entered the house, they saw the child with his mother Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam). They bowed low and worshipped him, then they opened their chests and presented gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

OET-LV MAT 2:11

11 And having _come into the house, they _saw the little _child with Maria/(Miryām) the mother of _him, and having _fallen, they _prostrated before _him, and having _opened _up the treasures of _them, they _offered gifts to _him:
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Show passage in OET: JHN 19:39

OET-RV JHN 19:39

39 Nikodemos (the one who had first visited Yeshua at night) also came, bringing around 30kg of burial spices.

OET-LV JHN 19:39

39 And Nikodaʸmos also came, the one having _come to him at _the first by _night, bringing a_wrapping of _myrrh and aloe, about a_hundred pounds.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σμύρνα

Form 1

Sense 1: myrrh