Strong's Lexicon
G4669 — σμυρνίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4669 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σμυρνίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4667 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | smurnizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | smoor-nid'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to tincture with myrrh, i.e. embitter (as a narcotic) |
| KJV Renderings: | mingle with myrrh |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σμυρνίζω: (σμύρνα, which see);
1. intransitive, to be like myrrh (Dioscorides (?) 1, 79).
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: Mar 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 (Mat 27:34, viz. ’mingled with gall’) as by far the more probable; (but see χολή, 2).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σμυρνίζω (mingle with myrrh)
Mark 15:23
- KJV: And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh but he received not
- GK: και εδίδουν αυτώ πιείν εσμυρνισμένον οίνον ο δε ουκ έλαβε