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bdellium

NOUN
  1. aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh

How To Use bdellium In A Sentence

  • ΒΆ And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium. Numbers 11.
  • They were brimful of myrobalan, bdellium, saffron, and violets. Salammbo
  • bdellium" mentioned by Moses in Genesis is a perfuming gum, resembling frankincense, if not identical with it. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
  • In the Bible the word β€œbdellium” is used to describe the appearance of Manna. The Exodus and its Secrets
  • It may be noticed that the resemblance of the manna to coriander seed was not in the color, but in the size and figure; and from its comparison to bdellium, which is either a drop of white gum or Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • The gum exudate is collected from incisions or spontaneous cracks in the bark of the bdellium tree.
  • The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hav'ilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. Genesis 2.
  • Manna was said to be the color of bdellium.
  • The price of bdellium when quite pure is three denarii per pound.
  • They were brimful of myrobalan, bdellium, saffron, and violets. Salammbo
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