The best myrrh comes from the species Commiphora abyssinica. From Wordnik.com. [An old chestnut, re-roasted] Reference
And Sandy brought myrrh, which is a gift of water and death. From Wordnik.com. [Yatima » 2008 » December] Reference
Our myrrh is the same drug that was used by the ancients under the above name. From Wordnik.com. [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference
13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
MONDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The resin of trees in the Middle East -- known as myrrh. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The giiin lesiii called myrrh, is CCTtAfnJy pxD - eui-ed from Bomc tree in the hot fonfttrics, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Family Herbal,: And of the Drugs which are Produced by Vegetables of Other Countries : with ...] Reference
Since ancient times the fragrant plant secretion known as myrrh has been used in incense, perfume, and even as a painkiller. From Wordnik.com. [Medicinal Myrrh] Reference
I was "myrrh" and I tripped over my cloak on the stairs up to the stage. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Message] Reference
Behold, I am the Prince of Punt, and the myrrh which is therein belongeth to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians] Reference
Balthasar, the third, was of a dark complexion, had a large beard, and offered 'myrrh' to our Saviour's humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete] Reference
His name Mordecai, for instance, consists of Mor, meaning "myrrh," and Decai, "pure," for he was as refined and noble as pure myrrh. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4] Reference
Another word lot is also translated "myrrh" (Gen. 37: 25. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
V. "myrrh," in Gen., xxxvii, 25; xliii, 11), a gum from several plants of the genus Cistus. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 48: Mark The Challoner Revision] Reference
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
"This is distinctly frankincense and myrrh," he acknowledged. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
The breath of his lip is like the odour of myrrh and camphor. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
But unless you're giving myrrh (so retro!), you'll have to do it. From Wordnik.com. [Empty Title] Reference
They wipe out the blood off his body, and put myrrh on his wounds. From Wordnik.com. [Decrucifixion] Reference
Mix tincture of aloes, one ounce; tincture of myrrh, two ounces. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
Maybe frankincense AND myrrh was a bit much .... but the gold rules. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Poem....sort of] Reference
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 24: Canticle of Canticles The Challoner Revision] Reference
I must lay my treasures at His feet, "gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.". From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Phœnicia, and the myrrh - and frankincense-producing trees in Arabia and. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
He said also: 'The glory of other poets reposes in myrrh and aromatic plants. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
One knows the mild scent of myrrh from the beads that were a present from the past. From Wordnik.com. [Steady Keel] Reference
My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
"They brought gold and frankincense and myrrh," murmured Ezra, "the offerings to a king.". From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Light] Reference
This "tooth powder" consisted of ash from ox hooves, myrrh, eggshell fragments and pumice. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: The History of the Toothbrush: From 5000 BC to Present] Reference
Godhead: and myrrh, as a testimony that he was become man for the redemption of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
I arose up to open to my beloved: my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the choicest myrrh. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 24: Canticle of Canticles The Challoner Revision] Reference
Till the day break, and the shadows retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 24: Canticle of Canticles The Challoner Revision] Reference
Sitting in his small trailer filled with the scent of myrrh incense, he seems at peace — until he starts talking. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of an Angry Black Man] Reference
I've always assumed the scent to be either frankincense or myrrh, though I can't say for certain which, or if, it is. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Non-Believer] Reference
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