Definitions for myrrh

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Spelling: [mur]
IPA: /mɜr/

Myrrh is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in myrrh (hmrry).

Definitions for myrrh

noun

  1. an aromatic resinous exudation from certain plants of the genus Myrrhis, especially M. odorata, a small spiny tree: used for incense, perfume, etc.

Origin of myrrh

before 900; Middle English, Old English myrre Latin myrrha Greek mýrra ≪ Akkadian murru; akin to Hebrew mōr, Arabic murr

Examples for myrrh

Did ever man anoint himself with oil of myrrh to please his fellow?

The air was cloudy with the breath of frankincense and myrrh.

Same with the Three Kings and their gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Nicodemus brought a large quantity of myrrh and aloes, about a hundredweight.

myrrh and steel, with fixed alkaly, were then ordered, but to no purpose.

It is embalmed and kept sweet by the myrrh and cassia of many tears.

Gold and sunlight, myrrh and incense, the tinkling of anklets.

During a quarter of an hour he lavished on him his myrrh and honey.

Casper, Melchior, and Balthazar “presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”

Your lips have given it their sweetness of honey, their fragrance of myrrh.

Word Value for myrrh
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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