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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἀλόη

Strong’s: G250

Associated OET lemmas: ἀλόη

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀλόη; -ης

Sense 1: aloes

Semantic entry: 6.209

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Perfumes and Incense

Definition: an aromatic resin of a lily-like plant, often used for embalming a corpse

Notes: As in the case of σμύρνα ‘myrrh’ (6.208: σμύρνα), translators normally borrow a term for ‘aloes’ and then employ some kind of marginal note to indicate the nature of the substance.

Further resources: realia:4.8.3.1; flora:4.2.1

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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