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#0250 ἀλόη aloe {al-o-ay'}
of foreign origin [cf H0174]; TDNT - n/a; n f
[ -- Word Etymology & Grammar ]
AV - aloes 1; 1
1) aloe, aloes
The name of an aromatic tree which grows in eastern India and Cochin
China, and whose soft and bitter wood the Orientals used in
fumigation and in embalming the dead. The tree grows to a height of
120 feet (40 m) and a girth of 12 feet (4 m).
[ -- Thayer's Greek Lexicon ]
Of foreign origin (compare [
H0174]);
aloes (the gum):--aloes.
[ -- Strong's Greek Lexicon ]
