μύρον, μύρου, τό (the grammarians derive it from μύρῳ to flow, accordingly, a flowing juice, trickling sap: but probably more correct to regard it as an oriental word akin to μύρρα, Hebrew ξΙψ, ξεψ; (Fick (i. 836) connects it with the root, smar, 'to smear', with which Vanicek, 1198f associates σμύρνα, μύρτος, etc.; cf. Curtius, p. 714)), ointment: Mat_26:7; Mat_26:9 Rec., 12; Mar_14:3-5; Luk_7:37; Luk_23:56; Joh_11:2; Joh_12:3; Joh_12:5; Rev_18:13; distinguished from ἔλαιον (which see and see Trench, Synonyms, § xxxviii.), Luk_7:46. ((From Aeschylus, Herodotus down); the Sept. for ωΖΡξΖο, fat, oil, Pro_27:9; for θεα ωΖΡξΖο, Psa_132:2 ().)

μύρον myron 14x pr. aromatic juice which distills from trees; ointment, unguent, usually perfumed, Mat_26:7 ; Mat_26:12 ; Mar_14:3-4 ointment; perfume.

μύρον , -ου , τό , [in LXX chiefly for H8081 , Pro_27:9 , Psa_133:2 , al. ;] ointment: Mat_26:7 ; Mat_26:12 , Mar_14:3-5 , Luk_7:37-38 ; Luk_7:46 ; Luk_23:56 , Joh_11:2 ; Joh_12:3 ; Joh_12:5 , Rev_18:13 .† SYN.: ἔλαιον , q.v.

μύρον [page 419] For this Semitic loan word (cf. Lewy Fremdwφrter , pp 42, 44) we may cite a private account of c. A.D. I, P Oxy IV. 736 .13 μύρου εἰς ἀποστολὴν ταφῆς θυγατρὸς Φνᾶς (τετρώβολον ), perfume for the dispatch of the mummy of the daughter of Phna 4 ob. (Edd.), and the medical prescription ib. II. 234 ii. 9 (ii/iii A.D.) χαλβάνην σουσίνῳ μύρῳ διεὶς πρόσμιξον μέλι καὶ ῥόδινον , dilute some gum with balsam of lilies, and add honey and rose-extract (Edd.). In P Giss I. 93 .14 μύρον αὐλητήν̣, the editor suggests that μύρον ought perhaps to be written as a proper name Μύρον : cf. the name Ἀβρότονον (properly = southernwood ) in Menander s plays. In P Ryl II. 420 (ii/A.D.) we hear of an ἀρτοκόπος , a μυροπώλης , and an ἠπητής ( cobbler ) : for tbe adj. see P Fay 93 .6 (A.D. 161) βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὴν μυροπω̣λα̣ι̣κὴν καὶ ἀροματικὴν ἐργασίαν , I wish to lease from you your business of perfume-selling and unguent-making (Edd.). We may add that in Kaibel 726 .2 (iii/iv A.D.) there is reference to Χ (ριστο )ῦ μύρον ἄφθιτον . Boisacq (p. 886) refers to σμύρις connecting with English smear.

μύρον μύ^ρον, ου, τό, "sweet juice extracted form plants, sweet-oil, unguent, balsam", Hdt. , etc. a place where unguents were sold, "the perfume-market", Ar.

μύρον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן, Pro.27:9, Psa.133:2, al. ;] ointment: Mat.26:7, 12, Mrk.14:3-5, Luk.7:37-38, 46 23:56, Jhn.11:2 12:3, 5, Rev.18:13.† SYN.: ἔλαιον, q.v (AS)