myrrh

Meaning

1. A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
2. Synonym of chrism.
3. The herb chervil.

Synonyms

sweet cicely

gum myrrh

grieve

incense

Myrrha

gum-myrrh

Commiphora myrrha

common myrrh

aloes

Commiphora abyssinica

chrism

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɜɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.