King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4669
Transliteration: smyrnizō
Phonetic Spelling: (smoor-nid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be like myrrh, to mingle with myrrh
Meaning: to be like myrrh, to mingle with myrrh
σμυρνίζω: (σμύρνα, which see);
Word Summary
smyrnizō: to be like myrrh, to mingle with myrrh
Original Word: σμυρνίζωTransliteration: smyrnizō
Phonetic Spelling: (smoor-nid'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be like myrrh, to mingle with myrrh
Meaning: to be like myrrh, to mingle with myrrh
Strong's Concordance
mingle with myrrh. From Smurna; to tincture with myrrh, i.e. Embitter (as a narcotic) -- mingle with myrrh.
see GREEK Smurna
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4669: σμυρνίζωσμυρνίζω: (σμύρνα, which see);
1. intransitive, to be like myrrh (Dioscorides ( 2. to mix and so flavor with myrrh: οἶνος ἐσμυρνισμενος (perfect passive participle) wine (A. V. mingled) with myrrh (Vulg.murratum vinum), i. e. flavored or (Pliny, h. n. 14, 15) made fragrant with myrrh: Mark 15:23. But since the ancients used to infuse myrrh into wine in order to give it a more agreeable fragrance and flavor, we must in this matter accept Matthew's account (Matthew 27:34, viz. 'mingled with gall') as by far the more probable; (but see χολή, 2).