2001 Translation

SMYRNAN, smyrnan

Sounds Like: SMOOR-nahn

Translations: myrrh, a myrrh

From the root: ΣΜΥΡΝΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to myrrh, an aromatic gum resin obtained from certain trees, often used for perfume, incense, medicine, or embalming. It is a feminine noun and is used here in the accusative case, indicating it is the direct object of an action or the object of a preposition.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4667 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 44:9
• Song of Solomon — 5:5
• Matthew — 2:11
• Epistle of Barnabas — 10:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 21:1

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:4, 63:4, 78:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:1, 12:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Song of Solomon — 3:6, 5:1, 5:5, 5:13

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 2:11

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΜΥΡΝΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΖΜΥΡΝΑΣ — of myrrh, of Smyrna
• ΣΖΜΥΡΝΗΣ — of Smyrna
• ΣΜΥΝΗ — Smyrna
• ΣΜΥΡΑ — myrrh, a myrrh
• ΣΜΥΡΝΑ — myrrh
• ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ — (of) Smyrna, (of) the Smyrnaeans, Smyrnaean
• ΣΜΥΡΝΗΣ — of Smyrna, of myrrh

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