Bdellium
a fragrant gum resin obtained from certain burseraceous plants, as of the genus commiphora.
a plant yielding this resin.
a substance mentioned in the bible. gen. 2:12; num. 11:7.
historical examples
pliny also mentions “bdellium,” if that was the substance known as “b’dolach.”
creation and its records b.h. baden-powell
they were brimful of myrobalan, bdellium, saffron, and violets.
salammbo gustave flaubert
calmet relates that, according to several commentators, bdellium is the carbuncle, but that it may also be crystal.
a philosophical dictionary, volume 2 (of 10) franois-marie arouet (aka voltaire)
now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium.
the bible, douay-rheims version various
was “bdellium” (as probably being a fragrant gum) one of these offerings?
creation and its records b.h. baden-powell
when moses speaks of bdellium and the onyx stone, i take these specimens of gems for gems in general.
commentary on genesis, vol. i martin luther
its exports were cotton, a kind of fine calico called bfts, bdellium, and flowers of the mahina tree.
the paladins of edwin the great clements r. markham
the “bdellium” mentioned by moses in genesis is a perfuming gum, resembling frankincense, if not identical with it.
the art of perfumery g. w. septimus piesse
alca kept the bdellium and a few things to please her young friends, and distributed the rest among the delighted girls.
the paladins of edwin the great clements r. markham
this contains litharge, bdellium, and “green br-sse,” but no loadstone.
on the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth william gilbert of colchester
noun
any of several african or w asian trees of the burseraceous genus commiphora that yield a gum resin
the aromatic gum resin, similar to myrrh, produced by any of these trees
occurs only in gen. 2:12, where it designates a product of the land of havilah; and in num. 11:7, where the manna is likened to it in colour. it was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which exuded from a particular tree (bor-ssus flabelliformis) still found in arabia, media, and india. it bears a resemblance in colour to myrrh. others think the word denotes “pearls,” or some precious stone.
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