Quick Definition
onycha
Strong's Definition
a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.
Derivation: apparently from the same as H7826 (שַׁחַל) through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound;
KJV Usage: onycha.
TWOT Reference: 2363b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) onycha
1a) an ingredient used in the holy incense
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁחֵ֫לֶת (she.che.let) — onycha. 1) onycha 1a) an ingredient used in the holy incense
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Spices
onycha = something used in a mixture of spices, either the nail-like covering on the foot of a mollusk, or a type of flower
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁחֵ֫לֶת n.f. an ingredient of the holy incense, Ex 30:34 ref